Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon Tries to Become 1st Woman to Break 4-Minute Mile Next Week in Paris

Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon tries to become 1st woman to break 4-minute mile next week in Paris

Faith Kipyegon’s already a three-time Olympic 1,500-meter champion. She’s already the world-record holder in the mile and 1,500. Next on her to-accomplish list is to become the first woman to

Faith Kipyegon looking to become first woman to run sub four-minute mile: 'Why not dream outside the box?

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become first woman to break four-minute mile; Kenyans run in Paris on June 26 will not count as world record; Kipyegon has current best womens mile time of 4:07.64; 31-year-old has won 1500m gold at last three Olympics

Asbel Kiprop: Faith Kipyegon’s sub-4-minute mile attempt is like moon landing

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 also took 5,000m gold.

‘No woman is limited:’ How Kipyegon is preparing for biggest challenge in her athletics career

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 18, 2025 - Almost a week to her date with history, only one message keeps ringing in the mind of triple Olympic champion Faith Get the latest local and international sports updates, football, rugby, athletics, golf, cricket and more

Kipyegon's sub-4-minute mile attempt to take place in Paris

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Gotta Have 'Faith': The Gear Nike Built to Take Down Women’s Sub-4-Minute Mile

About a year removed from the 2024 Olympics, elite running will return to Paris on June 26 in the form of “Breaking 4,” Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon’s attempt to set the world’s first women’s sub-4-minute mile. The attempt doesn’t come from nowhere. A February 2025 study in the Journal of Applied Physiology predicted a women’s sub-4 mile within the next decade. Still, to shave nearly 8 seconds off Kipyegon’s current world record of 4:07.64, that…