Faith Kipyegon Reflects On Her 2025 Season + Making History With 4th World Championship Gold Medal
The CITIUS MAG Podcast | A Running + Track and Field Show
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Faith Kipyegon, the greatest 1500m runner the sport has ever known. In Tokyo, she won her record fourth World Championship 1500m title — seven global golds in this event including her three Olympic golds. It is a reign that now stretches over four years and twenty-two straight victories.
In Tokyo, that 1500m final was also a masterclass performance. She led from the gun and never looked back and ran 3:52.15 to win by nearly three seconds, the largest margin of any of her global titles. It was Faith at her purest: precise, patient, untouchable.
In this episode, we talk about how Kipyegon continues to perfect the impossible by breaking world records three years in a row and racing not for dominance but for legacy. She’s won everything there is to win, yet somehow, it feels like she’s still getting better. Faith Kipyegon has redefined what greatness on the track looks like.
You can watch the full interview with Faith Kipyegon here.
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Host: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram
Guest: Faith Kipyegon | @faithkipyegon on Instagram
Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? You are listening to the Sidious Magp podcast. I'm your host, Chris Chavez, and every week we go beyond the results to bring you conversations with the biggest names on the track, the roads, and behind the scenes from world-class athletes and coaches to innovators shaping the sport. If it's happening on the track, we're covering it. With real insights that sharpened minds, deep dives into the moments that define careers, and the kind of access to the pros you won't get anywhere else. |
| 0:26.3 | So let's get into it because we love track and field. |
| 0:31.7 | Before we get to today's episode, you know we love giving the listeners a shout out when they leave us a review on Apple Podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | This certainly helps the show's discoverability, and we appreciate it. |
| 0:42.8 | To those who just discovered or joined us during the World Championships, welcome. |
| 0:46.4 | We appreciate all of the kind words about our coverage. |
| 0:49.2 | The good thing is that it's not over. |
| 0:51.3 | This week's review comes to us from C. Gk, who writes in saying, world champs coverage, |
| 0:57.5 | so much fun. |
| 0:58.5 | What a great 10 days it has been. |
| 1:00.6 | Listening to Chris and the entire city's team every day has continued to increase my passion |
| 1:04.4 | for the sport. |
| 1:05.6 | Their timely professional analysis is rivaled only by their genuine joy and happiness being |
| 1:10.2 | trackside. It really shows |
| 1:11.8 | through that you love track and field. Thanks for sharing that with us fans. Thank you so much. |
| 1:17.3 | So much more to come before we shift gears to cross country and marathon season. If you want your |
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| 1:26.7 | rating on Spotify today. |
| 1:30.6 | My guest for today's episode is the greatest 1,500 meter runner in history. |
| 1:35.9 | It is the one and only Faith Kippe-Agon. |
| 1:38.4 | In Tokyo, she won her record-setting fourth World Championship 1500-meter title. |
| 1:43.9 | That's seven global golds in this event |
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