Faith Kipyegon Is Attempting to Become the First Woman to Run a Mile in Under Four Minutes

Under a new initiative called Breaking4, Nike athlete Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes.The Kenyan middle-distance runner currently holds the women's world record for the mile, with a time of 4:07.64, which she set in 2023. Now, she's aiming to become the first woman to break the four-minute threshold, first surpassed by Roger Bannister in 1954. To do it, she'll need to shave almost two seconds off of each of her four laps -- and she's got ...