Scientists have calculated how a woman could be the first to run a mile in under four minutes, emulating Roger Bannister who accomplished the feat more than 70 years ago.

Explore how Faith Kipyegon could break the 4-minute mile barrier through strategic drafting and pacer formations.

The barrier is closer than it seems, researchers argue—if you fully optimize drafting and other logistical details. On May 29, 1954—just 23 days after Roger Bannister entered the history books ...

But he notes that people thought it was physiologically impossible for men to run that fast until Roger Bannister did in 1954 ...

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into the arms of friends after becoming the first human to run a mile in ...

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The authors are now calling for a staged 'Breaking 4' event to help her do it. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England ...

On May 6, 1954, a lanky medical student named Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into the arms of friends after becoming the first ...

By Jeré Longman Nearly three-quarters of a century after Roger Bannister of Britain, in 1954, became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, an achievement that many at the time ...

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister achieved a goal that had once been thought physically impossible - the four-minute mile. Now, more than 70 years later, scientists say today's female runners are ready ...

People thought that it was physiologically impossible to run that fast until Roger Bannister ran 3:59 in 1954. Kipyegon is still a ways away from sub-4, but something about the race stuck out to ...