Global Sports
It’s all very 2017. You take a Kenyan Olympic champion in their prime, hand-pick a course in Europe, dress them in your latest innovative kit, place them behind a pacemaking team, and try to break a barrier once thought impossible.
On Thursday, at the Charlety stadium in Paris, Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a sub four-minute mile.
Eight years ago, it was Eliud Kipchoge at the Monza track in Italy — along with the often-forgotten Zersenay Tadese and Lelisa Desisa — trying to run a sub two-hour marathon. That event was called Breaking2; this is Breaking4.
Like with Kipchoge, the finer details of the plan mean the time Kipyegon posts will not be world-record eligible.
