So, she didn’t run a sub-four-minute mile, but all the work—the training, the strategizing, and the innovative gear designed by Nike —wasn’t for nothing.

Faith Kipyegon opened her stride with 200 meters to go, but crossed the finish line in 4:06.42, coming just shy of her goal of becoming the first woman to run a sub-4 minute mile Thursday in Paris.

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.

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 ...

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”.

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 ...

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 ...

This was always going to be a moonshot. Going from 4:07.64 to sub-four represents more than a 3 percent improvement. In elite distance running, that’s not a marginal gain, it’s a quantum leap.

Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon ran 4:06.42 at Stade Charlety in Paris, France on Thursday to fall short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. The time was the ...