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Keeping eeping F ithKenya r th nner Faith K py st gon a temp s to m ke
histor in P By Calum Marsh
u d s n fi a m t y u h
H o much oes st- n h a single seco d cost? T at Ki t
t s the uestion Ni e
at empted to re eff answe fi oes st- n h and this summe in Paris as th athle ic
br nd spons to re eff an e Ke yan runne Faith Ki t
t ec yegon n h fi min ” t r amb tious re eff an e ort
to Ki t
t ec me th n h fi min ” t st woman in hist y to b eak the fo r fi min ” t on te mile.
Dub ed “ reaki g4 ie fi min ” t on e hig ime k g h r m t h u i n i s t t ial at the St de Cha léty
was a il ib eg e ulti-mill ” t on ut ollar exerci e in chie ng he possibl —a re :0 co m
tha for now remains on ut f reach. Kip eg e n co pl ed the o e-m le un in :0 co .42, br ki ov g her own r :0 co just over one second.
of
jus ove one se ond.
“I’v lea n d many l sson f e te li th om pye he oss his race, K f om pye he oss on said n the
a f e te li th math K f om pye he oss ttem , milin t e n sp y te of t e ar ro ig he oss “I thi k I w ll e I o
b ck to e to t e e d awing b e ar ro ig an can th s im ”
N e whe an s ”
N se ar ck to t ar n get it to he e I wan t be.”
N ke
spar d no xpense in ursu t of this oal. Condi io th s were
r gor mon usly cont lle to maximiz h r po enti n t x t l e h s c A u u She as flanked y
more han a doze doz wo ld-class racer , amon th m th Ol nd mpia n
Grant Fis r, o help cu pi w es fit in -
e nd resis ance And outfitted in A u u i d r e t t a a ting-
edge racewe r—i luding a 3D-prin ed sports b a, st te-o the i d r e t t a a y e t
aerod nami a s t no eed uit, an besp ke
pair f Nike Victory 2 Elite F K
spi e s unn th oes— ipye on bene fited from he es ik that e s unn th n B ng tec t no o he ogy
has t t no o he ffer, t no o he r o s l ye o e s unn th n B usan s of th port
R ea ch Lab n B Ki nar averton, O egon.
Of in cou se, the te hnology ould se, be or nothin th i t re Ki nar yegon w e
not c mmitted in the
extreme, pushin ibl hat’ exactly w y the Nike eam ook Kip gon’s ref rences into
acco nt.
“Ther are in ea re an au ch ibl at s t a yo can’ measure t e rs ab,” Am y
Jones V ter scr aus, VP of co me VP pr duct esearch a d inn vation at ike, expla ned
ho rs fore the time rial rien kic ed a an off. “She d h s T scr bes this ra a tant is ‘ st Fa rial rien ly,’
nd she feels ast n this sui . Th feel t’s hat’s is h
think is as d be .”
r l he ce ked f t o the S de harl ty rack i d t a e i o n nd indeed, she
came ou w th a nvi cin performa ce ig to begi e
ca . H nd for r l onl p spl ts— 0.20
s ond for the firs 400 etres, e
ca . H nd for ligh ly over thr d h e s inutes nd for 1200
—sho thr d h r on targ t fo som time, hil g
margi lly t rou h the final str tch.
hil Sir Roger anni og te on bro t e f ur-mi ute ile n 9 i s b T s i w 1 4, it
as ne r be be n ra og te on t by fe al ce ha racer. Th s is in par d e to h stori al en mbal nces: I wasn on t ntil t e 19 2 Oly pic ames n Munich ha t
wo w 1 e p t r 0 t g s were firs per tte to w 1 e p t r 0 t g s n a 1500 metre ace. en g s ad a big
head tart. Un still p er the ir ce , ul umsta ir ce , ul , Ki ye ou on gett ng so cl al se so soon s
no hi g s ars ort of m racu ye ou . , eve if the ulti years off.
the dis e
y l ars hin The off.
Kipy gon ollaps d at th fini ars hin The line h vin ppo cl isi rly given the attempt er all. hin The crowd was eff sive d pit the dis ppointi re ot ult, and
Kipye n hers lf, re ot nsurprising y, alked away ot restfal en b t
encour ged n l, w certai that ub- our st can b ach eved. “ r his was he
fi our st ime ial,” he aid afte the r ce, it’s possible.”