by Faith Kipyegon said she thought that a woman would break the four -minute barrier for the mile “in this generation or the next one”, and the challenge is what maintains her training.
The Kenyan failed in its specially arranged attempt in June to become the first woman to pass through the four -minute barrier, blocking 4min 06.42sec in Paris.
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“My goal was to be the first woman to run less than four minutes in the mile. I would say that I did not do what I wanted to do, but it sent a message that it is possible one day,” Kipyegon told journalists in a round interview published Thursday, before the world championships next month in Tokyo.
“If it does not come to me, it will be someone one day,” added the 31 -year -old.
Kipyegon, triple Olympic gold medalist, said that the goal of history made her get out of bed in the morning.
“I think there will be a woman in less than four minutes in the next generation or in our generation. And that is why I continue, continue to train,” she said.
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“I made a lot, all the medals, the Olympic Games and the World Championships, but I always have a trip, I always want to show that women are able to do what we have to do in this world, that we have that and we have to do it.”
The tireless Kipyegon rebounded in the days following his disappointment at Mile’s attempt, establishing a world record of 1500m of 3: 48.68 at the Reunion Préfontaine Classic Diamond League in Eugene.
Tokyo will be the first championships where the world of athletics will administer a new gender test and the Kenyan said that it had greeted its introduction.
“It’s all about women and I’m doing well on this subject,” she said.
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“This is a new thing and we will all face it. I look forward to it.”
She also admitted that she was already looking at a movement towards the marathon.
“It will be soon,” she said. “I will not become younger. I will announce soon, but not now.”
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