Olympic 1500m Champion Faith Kipyegon has exuded optimism about a positive start to her season ahead of the 1,000m race in Xiamen, China.

The Kenyan athlete will headline an array of stars as the world’s top athletes go head-to-head this Saturday, April 26.

Speaking on Friday, April 25, 2025, the three-time Olympic champions cooled down talk of breaking the world record in the games.

Kipyegon has instead set her sights on making a good start to her 2025 outdoor track season with the 1000m at the Xiamen Diamond League in China.

With a personal best (PB) of 2:29.15, Kipyegon looks to break the 29-year-old world record of 2:28.98, set by Svetlana Masterkova in 1996.

“As I said earlier, I don’t want to talk about breaking records for now, but I’ll say now impossible can be possible; that is the dream,” he added.

“What is in mind is to start my season. I can’t talk about the world record, but we will see after the finish line. I have the second fastest, and this will be my second 1000 M, and I hope to run the best and see how Xiamen leads ahead of Tokyo,” she said.

Saturday’s run will see her come up against formidable foes in Saron Berhe and Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia and Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi.

Xiamen race will precede her attempt to enter the record books for female as the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile.

Kipyegon will make a stab for the record this summer in Paris, France, on June 26 at the Stade Charléty.

The Kenyan, who is widely regarded as the greatest female middle-distance runner of all time, holds the mile record of 4 min 07.64 sec.

Together with her team and sponsor Nike, they have laid out plans “to make the impossible possible,” dubbed “Faith Kipyegon vs. the 4-Minute Mile.”

She earlier opened up on the attempt to cut nearly eight seconds off that mark, which many consider an extraordinary feat to achieve.

“I’m a three-time Olympic champion. I’ve achieved world championship titles,” Kipyegon said.

“I thought, ‘What else? Why not dream outside the box?’ And I told myself, ‘If you believe in yourself, and your team believes in you, you can do it,” she stated.

“I want this attempt to say to women, ‘You can dream and make your dreams valid’. This is the way to go as women, to push boundaries and dream big,” the 31-year-old, who will make her attempt at the milestone on 26 June at the Stade Charléty in Paris, said.