Earlier in the season, Jessica Hull became the #5 performer in history, while chasing Kipyegon to her world record.

Two and a half months earlier, Tsegay became #4 virtually unassisted, beating Birke Haylom by 3 seconds.

As the final started, Tsegay ran out of the field, bumping elbows with Agathe Guillemot, to take the lead 100 metres in.

In elite invitational races, the meet director frequently employs at least one paid rabbit to sacrifice their chance to win in order to run at a fast pace to set up the runners behind them.

Here Tsegay's fast early pace had served the role perfectly for Kipyegon.

Coming off the turn, Hull went into full sprint but Kipyegon just continued to spread the gap, opening it up to 7 metres by the finish.

Halfway down the home stretch, Hull got past Welteji, with Bell a step behind.

[5] The women's 1500 metres has been a permanent fixture on the Olympic athletics programme since it was first held in 1972.