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.

On June 26, in Paris, France, Faith Kipyegon attempted to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes. Here's what next for her.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Whereas Kipchoge had to drop his marathon time 2.4 percent to break the 2-hour barrier, Kipyegon has to improve by 3.1 percent to achieve the first sub-4-minute mile. Not only is she the only ...