Faith Kipyegon will bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes in June 26 in Paris.
“I don’t believe it’s a matter of if a woman can break 4 minutes in the mile,” was posted on her social media. “It’s a matter of when we will do it.”
Kipyegon, 31, won the last three Olympic gold medals in the 1500m, the closest distance to the mile that’s on the Olympic program.
She is the women’s world record in the mile (4:07.64 from 2023) and the 1500m (3:49.04 from 2024).