Faith Kipyegon Reveals Inspiration For Historic Sub-Four Minute Mile Attempt

Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon has opened up on her inspiration for attempting a historic sub-four-minute women’s mile.

The decorated middle-distance runner has revealed plans to attempt the legendary feat during the 2025 campaign.

In a partnership with athletics wear giant Nike, the triple Olympic champion will attempt an Eliud Kipchoge-esque challenge.

Just like Kipchoge’s historic Ineos sub-two-hour marathon, Kipyegon will race against the clock with the help of pace-setters, but full details are yet to be revealed.

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The Kenyan track star has revealed her inspiration for attempting the feat.

"I’m a three-time Olympic champion. I’ve achieved World Championship titles. I thought, what else? Why not dream outside the box?" Kipyegon said, as quoted by Citizen Digital.

Kipyegon’s inspiration comes from having conquered her trademark 1500m event, where she became the first person—man or woman—to claim gold at three consecutive Olympic Games at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The world champion, who set the current official mile world record of 4:07.64, also holds the 1,500m world record of 3:49.04 set in 2023.

"I want this attempt to say to women, 'You can dream and make your dreams valid,'" she added.

The legacy-chasing Kipyegon has expressed her desire to move to longer distances after conquering middle distance.

Kipyegon has previously revealed that she wishes to tackle the 10,000m distance and perhaps the marathon.

Despite this revelation, Kipyegon has, however, kick-started with a brilliant showing in the 1000m at the Xiamen Diamond League.

Kipyegon clocked 2:29.21 on Saturday to miss the world record by the finest of margins.

The triple Olympic champion will need to build on that momentum for the task ahead.