Faith Kipyegon’s attempt to become the first woman in history to run a sub-4-minute mile came up just short. The three-time Olympic gold medalist ran a personal-best time of 4:06.42 in a special ...

More than 70 years ago, Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And, as runners continued to obsess over the mark, several thousand more followed in his wake.

Olympics Faith Kipyegon falls short in bid to run sub-4-minute mile The Olympic gold medal-winning middle distance runner fell several seconds short of becoming the first woman to break four minutes.

More than 2,000 men have run a mile in under four minutes, but in competitive sport, a woman has never been recorded doing it. Now, that could change this week in Paris, where Kenyan runner Faith ...

It was also an unofficial dry run for Breaking4 — she averaged four-minute-mile pace almost exactly, and told Diamond League media afterwards the race was to “see how fast I am”.

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon made a valiant attempt to shatter one of track and field's greatest milestones by becoming the first woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes. But the clock doesn't lie ...

Kipyegon was less than three tenths of a second off Svetlana Masterkova’s 2:28.98 from 1998 with a 2:29.21 time that translates to a four-minute flat mile.