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Faith Kipyegon’s attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in less than four minutes took place by 6.42 seconds on Thursday, with the combination of kipyon speed and a complex system of heart stimulators that are not sufficient to overcome a barrier that has never been broken.
Kipyegon, triple Olympic gold medalist in 1,500 meters which is considered to be the largest intermediate runner of all time, ended in 4: 06.42 in Paris in what is the fastest kilometer ever led by a woman. Although this has improved his world record by 4: 07.64, managed in 2023, his time will not count as an official world record given the extraordinary assistance whole – including male Pacers – used during the specialized race organized by Nike and his sponsor and run in front of a crowd limited to Charlety stadium.
Kipyegon entered the only woman to run a mile in less than 4:10, and in an attempt to drop the 7.64 seconds separating her from history, Kipyegon ran alongside a team of 13 pacers using a choreography and carefully scripted training to help Kenyan, 31, or reduce the amount of wind resistance. To make Kipyegon even more aerodynamic, Nike has created a specialized speed costume and a sports bra and produced a new set of peaks.
His trainer, Patrick Sang, said on a program organized by Nike before the race that Kipyegon seemed “a little nervous” when he saw her on Thursday morning.
His attempt in Paris was not considered an impossibility because science suggested that a race of less than 4 was possible. In February, a team of researchers published an article that modeled a race in which Kipyegon would remain less than 40 inches of a stimulator in front of it, and 40 inches in front of another, with a new team of rhythm exchanging halfway. With this writing strategy, the researchers concluded, Kipyegon could operate 3: 59.37 – The exact time managed by Roger Banister in 1954 when he became the first human to break the barrier less than the four minutes.
Nike did not consult the researchers on the design of its writing strategy. Instead, he used Pacers parked in front of Kipyegon, right and behind her, to create a “pocket” of less trail. Five ran before as a “shield”. The Pacers included Grant Fisher, a double American Olympic bronze medalist. She reached halfway in 2: 01.7, and with a tour, she had run 3: 01.84. As the race progressed, Pacers fell, leaving five with her when she was last.
In the days preceding the race, one of the researchers who co-wrote the document describing the possibility of less than four years indicated that even if Kipyegon did not plunge in less than four minutes, the race could always be considered a step forward in understanding the possibilities of the race for women. The researcher, Shalaya Kipp, a postdoctoral researcher at Mayo Clinic and a former Olympic distance runner, compared Kipyegon’s race when Nike organized another “Moonshot” race in 2017 to help Eliud Kipchoge to become the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours. His first attempt failed, but Kipchoge overshadowed two hours in his second.
“Is it really going to be a failure if she runs, you know, 4:01, 4:02? It will always be a big problem,” said Kipp NBC News last week.“This is how the first attempted under-deux (marathon) of Eliud Kipchoge was.
