The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has elected the best athletes and officials of the year 2023.
BEST AFRICAN FEMALE ATHLETES
- FAITH KIPYEGON: KENYA 1500 m, Mile, 5000 m
Double World champion of 1500 m and 5000 m
World Record of 1500-Mile and 5000 m
During the Diamond League meeting in Florence, for her second track race of the season, KIPYEGON broke the 1500m world record in 3:49.11. In Paris, a week later, during the third 5000m race of her career, KIPYEGON broke the world record for this distance. A month later, at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, she broke the mile world record by five seconds, in 4:07.64. She performed a double at the 2023 Budapest World Championships by winning the 1500m and 5000m. She also won the shortest event of the Diamond League Finals (1500m), clocking 3:50.72 - the fifth fastest time ever.