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Faith Kipyegon misses out on bid for first female sub-4 minute mile

Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon. [File, Standard]

Triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya fell well short in her bid to become the first woman to run a sub-four minute mile on Thursday.

Aided by wavelength technology and 13 pacers, 11 male and two women, Kipyegon clocked 4min 06.42sec over 1.6km in perfect conditions at Stade Charlety in south Paris.

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