On the eve of Nike’s extremely anticipated Breaking4 try in Paris, Kenyan distance working icon Religion Kipyegon is making ready to change into the primary lady in historical past to interrupt the four-minute mile. To perform the feat, she might want to shave 7.65 seconds off her present world file. Can she do it? We’ll discover out on June 26—however she gained’t be doing it alone.
These 12 worldwide Nike athletes, together with a number of of Kipyegon’s Kenyan coaching companions, shall be pacing her for Thursday’s historic try.
The pacers
Niels Laros (Netherlands)
- 2024 Olympic males’s 1,500m finalist (sixth)
- World U20 file holder over 1,000 (2:14.37)
- Mile PB: 3:48.93
Grant Fisher (U.S.A)
- Two-time Olympic bronze medallist
- American file holder over 5,000 and 10,000m
- Mile PB: 3:59.38
Craig Engels (U.S.A.)
Stewart McSweyn (Australia)
- 2021 Olympic males’s 1,500m finalist (seventh)
- 4x Diamond League meet winner
- Mile PB: 3:48.37
Jemma Reekie (Nice Britain)
- 2024 world indoor silver medallist (800m)
- 2021 Olympic girls’s 800m finalist
- 800m PB: 1:55.61
Georgia Hunter Bell (Nice Britain)
- 2024 Olympic bronze medallist (1,500m)
- 2025 world indoor bronze medallist (1,500m)
- 800m PB: 1:56.28
Halima Nakaiyai (Uganda)
- 2019 world champion (800m)
- 2022 World Indoor bronze medallist (800m)
- 800m PB: 1:57.26
Cooper Teare (U.S.A.)
- Former NCAA 5,000m champion (2021)
- Mile PB: 3:50.17
Picture: Kevin Morris
Elliot Giles (Nice Britain)
- 4x British 800m champion
- 2016 European Championships bronze medallist (800m)
- Mile PB: 3:49.16
Wyclife Kinyoamal (Kenya)
- 2x Commonwealth Video games 800m champion
- 6x Diamond League occasion winner
- 800m PB: 1:42.08
Stefan Nillessen (Netherlands)
- Dutch 1,500m file holder
- 2023 European U23 champion (1,500m)
- Mile PB: 3:49.02
Cathal Doyle (Eire)
- 3x Irish 1,500m champion
- Mile PB: 3:52.06
watch?
Thursday’s file try will happen at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, the positioning of Kipyegon’s 2023 1,500m world file and her fastest-ever 5,000m (additionally a world file on the time). Like Eliud Kipchoge’s Breaking2 marathon venture in 2017, Kipyegon’s try will function precision pacing, excellent observe situations and custom-designed Nike efficiency footwear and attire.
The race shall be streamed dwell on Amazon Prime, along with Nike’s YouTube channel, beginning with the pre-show at 1 p.m. ET, and the race kicking off at 2 p.m. ET.
