Kipyegon Targets First Women's Sub-four Minute Mile

Three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon is to effort to go nan first female to tally a sub-four infinitesimal mile.

The 31-year-old Kenyan will make nan effort successful Paris connected 26 June.

It will not beryllium recognised arsenic an charismatic grounds because Kipyegon is apt to usage a squad of rotating pacemakers and technologically precocious trainers and kit from her sponsor Nike.

Kipyegon group nan existent charismatic women's mile world grounds of 4 minutes 7.64 seconds successful 2023 truthful would request to shave disconnected much than 7 seconds to execute nan feat.

"I'm a three-time Olympic champion. I've achieved World Championship titles. I thought, 'what else?', why not dream extracurricular nan box?" Kipyegon said.

"I want this effort to opportunity to women, 'you tin dream and make your dreams valid'."

Kipyegon became the first woman to triumph 1500m golden astatine 3 successive Olympics pinch her occurrence successful Paris past twelvemonth and holds nan world grounds complete that distance. She besides has 3 World 1500m titles and won 5,000m golden astatine nan 2023 World Championships.

Five of those golden medals were won aft she gave commencement to her girl Alyn successful 2018.

"Becoming a mother has changed my full intelligence attitude," she said. "You person to prosecute yourself, you person to show your kid nan way."

Britain's Roger Bannister was nan first man to tally a sub-four infinitesimal mile, achieving nan people successful May 1954, while compatriot Diane Leather was nan first women to tally sub-five minutes later that month.

Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj holds nan men's world grounds clip of 3:43.13 group successful 1999.

In October 2019 Kipyegon's chap Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge became nan first personification to tally a marathon successful under 2 hours, beating nan people by 20 seconds.

However, it is not recognised arsenic nan charismatic marathon world grounds because it was not successful unfastened title and featured a squad of rotating pacemakers.