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Bekoji is famously known as a production line for champion distance runners, having also produced stars like Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba.
Bekoji is famously known as a production line for champion distance runners, having also produced stars like Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba.
She is the younger sister of three-time Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba and the older sister of two-time Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega.
In the 5000m final, she executed a devastating final lap to win the gold medal, defeating a field that included her more celebrated compatriot, Genzebe Dibaba.
Facing the reigning world champion Genzebe Dibaba, Kipyegon produced a perfectly timed race to claim the Olympic gold medal, Kenya's first in the women's 1500m since 2008.