Earlier on a dizzying night of running at the Stade Charlety the men's two miles world best was shattered by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

A week after setting the world record of her specialist event of the 1500m, Kipyegon extraordinarily did the same thing over a distance she had run only twice before - and not since 2015.

Kenya's double Olympic and world champion took more than a second off the 2020 mark of 14:06.62 set by Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey, who was second in 14:07.94.

This race was seen as an opportunity to scope out a move up the distances with the marathon being a likely final target.

As such it was what you might term a successful experiment.

Having become the first woman to break 3:50 for the metric mile - she recorded 3:49.11 at the Florence Diamond League meeting - Kipyegon has now moved dramatically into a new area of excellence.

"I did not think about the world record," she said.

"I don't know how I made it - I was so surprised.

"I just wanted to improve my personal best and I just ran after Gidey."

Ethiopia's world and Olympic silver medallist Girma broke the world indoor 3,000m record earlier this year and this latest huge flourish will make him believe he can reach the top of the podium at this year's World Championships in Budapest.

Earlier in the evening the men's Olympic 1500m champion Ingebrigtsen took more than four seconds off the 19-year-old men's two miles world best of 7:58.61 set by Kenya's Daniel Komen as he recorded 7:54.10 in a race that was not a Diamond League scoring event.

There was more outstanding distance running courtesy of Olympic and world women's 800m silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson, who finished three seconds clear of a world-class field by clocking 1:55.77, the fastest time run this year which lowered her own British record by 0.11sec.