Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon has failed in her bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes.
Like the sub-four minute mile and walking on the moon, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible until Saturday. Ahead of the event, Kipchoge even compared the feat to being "like the first man on the moon." I expect more people all over the world to run under two hours after today." With all variables tailored to his advantage, it was still the full marathon distance but it was no regular marathon race, which means his jaw-dropping finishing time will not be ratified by IAAF. But he still faces one big challenge to run under two hours in a regular marathon race.
