Faith Kipyegon of Kenya set a new world record in the women's 1500m at the Florence Diamond League on Friday, clocking three minutes and 49.11 seconds.

The 29-year-old Kenyan beat Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba's previous mark of 3:50.07 in Monaco in 2015.

PHOTO | COURTESY Faith Kipyegon

"I'm overjoyed and overjoyed; I didn't expect this." "I was expecting a world lead, not a world record, but I'm overjoyed," Kipyegon told RAI.

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"Everything is possible, as I said today and yesterday."

Kipyegon, regarded as the best female athlete of all time with two worlds and two Olympic titles, dominated the rest of the field in Tuscany.

She finished over a minute and a half ahead of the defending European champion, Laura Muir and Australia's Jessica.