SportsNews

What next for Faith Kipyegon after making history at 2024 Paris Olympics?

Published

1 year ago

August 26, 2024

Ekwutos Blog

Story by Edwin Kiplagat

Faith Kipyegon has cemented her status as arguably Kenya’s greatest-ever athlete following her exploits in Paris
She has now won three Olympic gold medals and four world titles, and she is still only 30
She recently hinted at switching to the marathon, but it is unclear what her next plan is after making history

It’s been just over two weeks since Faith Kipyegon became the first Kenyan to win three gold medals at the Olympic Games.

She set an Olympic record of 3:51.29, becoming arguably the greatest 1500m runner in history.

At 30, she has won everything on the track, and fans are wondering what she will be doing in the next decade.

Faith Kipyegon is only 30 and has accomplished everything any athlete would dream of. Photo by Hannah Peters. Source: Getty Images

At this point in her career, she has won four world titles and three Olympic gold medals.

Her three world titles were in the 1,500m in 2017, 2022, and 2023. Kipyegon also won the 5000m title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. She took silver in the 5000m in Paris.

She struck gold in the 1500m at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics and now Paris.

The Kenyan superstar has shattered the 1500m world record twice. The first time was on June 2, 2023, at the Rome Diamond League, when she clocked 3:49.11. She lowered her world record to 3:49.04 in Paris in July, per World Athletics.

What next for Kipyegon?

It seems the Kenyan is just getting better and has done everything in the 1500m, from gold medals to world records.

Her foray into distance running, i.e., the 5000m, is an indication that she could soon run the 10,000m and possibly the marathon.

“She should transit to road running. At 30 she’s been more than a spectacle in middle distances. She should now plan for life in the marathon. That’s where greatness lives,” experienced sports journalist Dan Ogega excelusively told TUKO.co.ke

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However, Kipyegon could keep running in the 1500m and cement her status as the greatest track athlete ever.

Faith Kipyegon sets Olympic record

TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that Kipyegon won the women’s 1500m final and set a new Olympic record.

The Kenyan superstar clocked 3:51.29 to break her own record she set in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.

SportsNews

2026 World Cup: Super Eagles waiting for FIFA’s decision – Iwobi

Published

10 hours ago

February 6, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

Super Eagles playmaker, Alex Iwobi, has admitted they are waiting to see if the team would still play at the 2026 World Cup.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is optimistic of a potential lifeline from FIFA, after it submitted a petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Iwobi was asked by SuperSport if he would rather lift the AFCON 2025 trophy or qualify for the World Cup?

The 29-year-old, who played at the 2018 of the World Cup, replied: “I mean we’re still waiting, well hopefully we can go to the World Cup, but I feel it’s a tough one.

“It’s a tough one because winning AFCON is like… It’s a great legacy, it’s a great thing to have like in your career, a memorable moment.

“But then at the same time, because I’ve been to the World Cup already, a lot of the players haven’t been. They would like to say ‘I want to go to the World Cup,’ so I can’t be selfish and say win the AFCON and for my teammates to not go to the World Cup. So it’s a tough one. I don’t know. I don’t know.”

Politics

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDOLES WITH SAMUEL CHUKWUEZE OF THE SUPER EAGLES ON THE PASSING OF HIS MOTHER

Published

1 week ago

January 30, 2026

Ekwutos Blog

President Bola Tinubu sends his condolences

to Super Eagles forward Samuel Chukwueze on the passing of his mother.

The President also extends his sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Sarah Chukwueze, who passed away on Thursday.

President Tinubu mourns with the Chukwueze family and encourages them to find solace in the memory and legacy of their late matriarch.

“The passing of Mrs Chukwueze, the mother of one of our bright football stars, just a few days after the passing of Super Eagles’ captain Wilfred Ndidi’s father, is deeply saddening.

I mourn with them, and I am with them in prayers during this difficult time,” the President says.

President Tinubu prays that God Almighty will grant the departed eternal rest.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)