Last night, on a sunny Paris evening, Faith Kipyegon set out to do something that no woman has ever tried to do before: attempt to run a mile in under four minutes. Her quickest time previously was ...

The three-time Olympic gold medalist ran a personal-best time of 4:06.42 in a special event dubbed “Breaking4: Faith Kipyegon ...

Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon nearly ran a mile in less than four minutes — coming oh-so-close to breaking the threshold ...

While Kipyegon didn’t reach a sub-four mile, the attempt in itself is a big moment in running. Roger Bannister first ran a sub-four mile in 1954—a time when women weren’t even allowed to run ...

In 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person to break the 4-minute barrier. Since then, more than 1,700 men have followed suit. Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj currently holds the men’s world ...

Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya fell well short in her bid to become the first woman to run a sub-four minute mile on Thursday. Aided by wavelength technology and 13 pacers, 11 ...

With that drafting strategy, the researchers concluded, Kipyegon could run 3:59.37 — the exact time run by Roger Bannister in 1954 when he became the first human to break the sub-four-minute ...

A four-minute mile has long been recognized as an iconic landmark in running, first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Today, sub-four-minute miles are commonplace in men’s ...

Roger Bannister became the first man to run a sub-4-minute mile in 1954. No woman has yet broken the 4-minute mile barrier. “I want this attempt to say to women, ‘You can dream and make your ...

Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya fell well short in her bid to become the first woman to run a sub-four minute mile on Thursday. Aided by wavelength technology and 13 pacers, 11 ...

A four-minute mile has long been recognized as an iconic landmark in running, first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Today, sub-four-minute miles are commonplace in men’s ...

A four-minute mile has long been recognized as an iconic landmark in running, first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Today, sub-four-minute miles are commonplace in men’s ...