Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir delivered a standout performance to win the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League on Friday night, clocking a scintillating season’s best of 3:57.02.
Chepchirchir led a blistering final lap and held off a determined chase from Ireland’s Sarah Healy, who finished second in 3:57.15.
Final Results
- Nelly Chepchirchir (KEN) – 3:57.02
- Sarah Healy (IRL) – 3:57.15
- Birke Haylom (ETH) – 3:57.50
- Linden Hall (AUS) – 3:57.63
- Worknesh Mesele (ETH) – 3:57.95
- Georgia Hunter Bell (GBR) – 3:58.06
- Agathe Guillemot (FRA) – 3:58.44
- Susan Lokayo Ejore (KEN) – 3:58.85
- Sarah Madeleine (FRA) – 3:59.32
- Salomé Afonso (POR) – 3:59.42
- Jemma Reekie (GBR) – 4:00.69
- Netsanet Desta (ETH)
- Georgia Griffith (AUS)
- Saron Berhe (ETH)
- Esther Guerrero (ESP)
- Abbey Caldwell (AUS)
— Agathe Liberman (FRA) – DNF
Chepchirchir’s Paris triumph continues a stellar campaign for the 22-year-old. She opened her Diamond League season with a composed 4:05.00 win in Doha, leading a Kenyan 1-2 alongside Susan Ejore.
She later claimed a non-Diamond Discipline 1500m in Rabat with 3:58.04, also testing herself in the 800m as part of her dual-event strategy this season. With 16 points from her Doha and Paris victories, Chepchirchir now tops the women’s 1500m Diamond League standings and is firmly on course for a spot in the Zurich Final.
Meanwhile, Healy who secured her first Diamond League victory in the 1500m in Rome by running 3:59.17 in a tactical race at the Stadio Olimpico by outkicking Australia’s Sarah Billings (3:59.24) produced a season best of 3:57.15.
Moreover, Olympic and world indoor bronze medallist Georgia Hunter Bell, fresh off an impressive 800m win over Mary Moraa in Stockholm, had to settle for sixth in Paris in 3:58.06.
