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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Distance runner Faith Kipyegon was given $35,000 and a house by Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday (June 13) as a reward for breaking two world records in the space of a week.<\/b><\/p>\n

Kipyegon, who met with Ruto at the president’s office, said she would now fulfill a promise she had made to buy her father a new car.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Kipyegon, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, set a new 1,500 world record in Florence, Italy on June 2 when she broke the eight-year-old mark set by Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia. Kipyegon became the first woman to go under 3 minutes, 50 seconds with her 3:49.11.<\/p>\n

She broke the 5,000 meters record last Friday at the Paris Diamond League meet by clocking 14:05.20, winning that race ahead of former world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith has made Kenya incredibly proud,\u201d Ruto said. \u201cShe stands as a shining model of consistency, discipline, hard work, as well as family. Faith is a great Kenyan woman \u2014 a mother, a wife and a world champion rolled into one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruto pledged that the Kenyan government will also give similar rewards to future world-record breakers.<\/p>\n

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