Three-time Olympic 1500m champion Religion Kipyegon is to aim to grow to be the primary lady to run a sub-four minute mile.
The 31-year-old Kenyan will make the try in Paris on 26 June.
It won’t be recognised as an official document as a result of Kipyegon is probably going to make use of a crew of rotating pacemakers and technologically superior trainers and equipment from her sponsor Nike.
Kipyegon set the present official ladies’s mile world document of 4 minutes 7.64 seconds in 2023 so would wish to shave off greater than seven seconds to attain the feat.
“I am a three-time Olympic champion. I’ve achieved World Championship titles. I believed, ‘what else?’, why not dream exterior the field?” Kipyegon stated.
“I would like this try and say to ladies, ‘you possibly can dream and make your goals legitimate’.”
Kipyegon turned the primary lady to win 1500m gold at three successive Olympics together with her success in Paris final yr and holds the world document over that distance. She additionally has three World 1500m titles and gained 5,000m gold on the 2023 World Championships.
5 of these gold medals have been gained after she gave delivery to her daughter Alyn in 2018.
“Turning into a mom has modified my total psychological angle,” she stated. “It’s a must to interact your self, it’s a must to present your little one the best way.”
Britain’s Roger Bannister was the primary man to run a sub-four minute mile, attaining the mark in Could 1954, whereas compatriot Diane Leather-based was the primary ladies to run sub-five minutes later that month.
Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj holds the lads’s world document time of three:43.13 set in 1999.
In October 2019 Kipyegon’s fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge turned the primary individual to run a marathon in underneath two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.
Nevertheless, it isn’t recognised because the official marathon world document as a result of it was not in open competitors and featured a crew of rotating pacemakers.
