Middle Distance

Middle Distance

27th Jun 25
Faith Kipyegon, after clocking 4:06.42 for the mile, made it clear that she would one day attempt to break the four-minute barrier again
27th Jun 25
Kenyan just about matches Sydney Wooderson’s 1937 world record of 4:06.4 during a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to break four minutes for the mile
26th Jun 25
The Kenyan went under her previous world record but didn't record the first ever sub-four-minute mile by a female athlete in Paris on Thursday
25th Jun 25
After a record-breaking event last year, leading middle-distance runners are invited to race the classic one-mile distance this autumn
25th Jun 25
Kenyan will do well to beat her current women's world mile record of 4:07.64 in Paris this week
24th Jun 25
While purists insist Faith Kipyegon’s breaking four attempt or Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour marathon mean little, Ben Bloom argues that such showcases are the perfect way for athletics to build attention
23rd Jun 25
Australian middle-distance runner on why Faith Kipyegon’s approach is driving standards and creating a “special time” in women’s running
21st Jun 25
After running 3:58.06 for sixth over 1500m at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, the Olympic bronze medallist stated she is seriously considering prioritising the 800m in 2025
20th Jun 25
Just over a week after breaking the British 5000m record, he runs 3:28.36 to take more than two and a half seconds off his 1500m PB at the Paris Diamond League on Friday
19th Jun 25
We visited Exeter University to meet the physiologists who are helping Faith Kipyegon and Nike’s Breaking Four project but under no illusions as to how hard the feat will be
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