That is what world champion athlete Faith Kipyegon thought of as she made the bold choice to attempt to break the four-minute mile. The Kenyan distance runner has already won gold in three ...

That setup helped Kipchoge run faster than anyone ever had, and his colleagues wanted to see if something similar could work for Kipyegon. Theoretically, it could. With pitch-perfect pacing both ...

Kipyegon has her work cut out for her if she wants to break the four minute barrier. Her world record in the mile is 4:07.64, which she set in 2023. She will have to take at least ...

Faith Kipyegon has won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 1500 meters. Now she has her sights set on something far more difficult: breaking four minutes in the mile. It’s hard to gauge ...

On a cloudless 85-degree day in March that had onlookers reaching for sunscreen and looking for shade, Faith Kipyegon flopped to the ground at the end of a long-jump runway inside Kipchoge Keino ...

Faith Kipyegon is one of the all-time great distance runners, and after winning three Olympic gold medals and setting numerous world records, the Kenyan track star has her sights set on a historic ...

On April 23, Nike announced that its star athlete Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to break four minutes in the mile. Dubbed “Breaking4,” the three-time Olympic champ will ...

Faith Kipyegon will bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes on June 26 in Paris. Kipyegon, a 31-year-old from Kenya, won the last three Olympic gold medals in the 1500m, the ...

Researchers say it’s possible, at least for Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who holds the world record for the distance. By Jeré Longman Nearly three-quarters of a century after Roger Bannister of ...

Kipyegon won the Olympic 1,500m title at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Games and the world title in 2017, 2022 and 2023, when she ...

Faith Kipyegon is really, really fast. In 2023, the Kenyan middle-distance runner set three women's world records, including running a blistering 4:07 for the mile, breaking the previous record by ...