Kenyan distance runner Religion Kipyegon has already achieved virtually all the things an athlete can in observe and subject, however on June 26, she is going to chase a milestone no lady has reached earlier than: a sub-four-minute mile. To doc the report try, Nike is releasing a two-part collection on Amazon Prime Video, providing followers an inside take a look at Kipyegon’s coaching and journey to the Breaking4 undertaking.
The docuseries, produced by Field-To-Field Movies (the group behind the Netflix collection SPRINT), will give followers behind-the-scenes entry to Kipyegon’s life and coaching in Kenya. It additionally explores the cultural and private significance of her sub-four try.
From @BoxBoxfilms (the makers of Drive To Survive, SPRINT, Full Swing and Break Level ) comes Breaking4: Religion Kipyegon vs. The 4-Minute Mile on Amazon Prime.
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Half I of “Breaking4: Religion Kipyegon vs. The 4-Minute Mile” can be launched on June 20, with Half II to comply with in early July, after Kipyegon’s June 26 race. Each components can be out there on Amazon Prime Video, whereas the race itself can be streamed reside on Prime, along with Nike’s YouTube channel.
In a media launch final month, Kipyegon instructed Nike she felt assured about taking over the barrier. “I’m a three-time Olympic champion. I’ve achieved World Championship titles. I believed, what else?” Kipyegon instructed Nike. “Why not dream exterior the field? And I instructed myself, should you consider in your self, and your group believes in you, you are able to do it.”
The report try will happen at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, the positioning of Kipyegon’s 2023 1,500m world report and her fastest-ever 5,000m (additionally a world report on the time). Like Eliud Kipchoge’s Breaking2 marathon undertaking in 2017, Kipyegon’s try will function precision pacing, preferrred observe circumstances and custom-designed Nike efficiency footwear and attire.
“Each element has been dialed to permit Kipyegon to focus each ounce of vitality on the end,” mentioned a Nike spokesperson.
Whereas Kipyegon already holds the ladies’s mile world report at 4:07.64, a sub-four efficiency on June 26 wouldn’t rely as an official world report. Because of the pacing methods and the unsanctioned nature of the occasion, it is going to fall exterior the scope of World Athletics’ ratification. Though Kipchoge’s preliminary sub-two-hour marathon try included different elite runners, Nike has not introduced whether or not Kipyegon can be joined by rivals throughout her problem.
