Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon will compete at the Herculis EBS Meeting at Stade Louis-II on 10th July, organisers have confirmed.

The Kenyan middle-distance runner will race over 3,000 metres, marking her return to Monaco track competition after taking part in the Monaco Run Gramaglia road race earlier this year.

A familiar setting for record-breaking

Kipyegon, 32, holds world records over the 1500m and the Mile. It was at the 2023 Herculis EBS Meeting that she set her Mile world record on the Monaco track, a performance that reinforced the venue’s reputation as a stage for elite distance running.

Her debut on the roads in the Principality also produced a notable result. Running her first competitive 10km, Kipyegon clocked 29’47, placing her among the top 15 women of all time over the distance for an opening attempt on the road.

3,000m target for July

For the 2026 edition, Kipyegon will step up to the 3,000m, a distance at which she recorded 8’07″04 at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia in 2025, one of the leading performances in the world over the distance.

The Herculis EBS is part of the Wanda Diamond League circuit, which comprises 15 meetings across 13 countries on four continents. The 2026 season opens in Doha on 8th May and concludes with the two-day final in Brussels on 4th and 5th September.

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