Faith Kipyegon on Thursday fell short in her quest to become the first woman in history to run a four-minute mile, clocking a time of 4:06.42 at a Nike-organized event in Paris.

Triple Olympic gold medalist Faith Kipyegon will try to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes later Thursday in Paris.

Faith Kipyegon opened her stride with 200 meters to go, but crossed the finish line in 4:06.42, coming just shy of her goal of becoming the first woman to run a sub-4 minute mile Thursday in Paris.