Kenyan writer and photographer Polly Irungu on what she learned as the elite athlete tried to break the 4-minute mile barrier ...

Faith Kipyegon missed the mark by about six seconds. World Athletics would not have recognized a record because the race wasn ...

Triple Olympic gold medalist Faith Kipyegon will try to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes later ...

THE date May 6, 1954, is etched on the memory of many athletics followers. That was the day Roger Bannister became the first ...

The 31-year-old Kipyegon is making a run at that hallowed mark in a Nike-sponsored event dubbed “ Breaking4: Faith Kipyegon ...

On Thursday, at the Charlety stadium in Paris, Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a sub four-minute mile. Advertisement. Eight years ago, ...

Kipyegon’s attempt will take place at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, the same track where she broke both the 1500m and 5000m world records. What shoes will Faith Kipyegon wear? When Kipyegon ...

Faith Kipyegon’s bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes — which she will attempt Thursday in Paris — began in essence about nine months ago while she visited the Nike campus ...

Last summer, Kipyegon broke her own world record in the 1500 meters with a 3:49.04 clocking on the Stade Sébastien Charléty track in Paris. That time approximately translates to a 4:06 mile time.

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