New Delhi, June 27 -- It was meant to be many fast-paced strides and a giant leap for women's sport. In the end, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon narrowly failed in her brave bid to become the first woman to run a sub four-minute mile. The world record holder in the 1,500m and the mile had to shave off a tough 7.65 seconds from her best to go under 4 minutes. However, in a well-planned run organised and promoted by her sponsor, Nike at Stade Charlety in Paris, Kipyegon drastically slowed in the end of the race, finishing at 4 minutes, 06.91 seconds. Kipyegon, given a protective shield by her 13 pace-setters looked on course for the four-lap run after reaching the 1000m in 2:30.68. However, the Kenyan triple Olympic and world champion and owner of the 1,500m and mile world record visibly tightened coming into the home stretch to eventually stagger to the finish. The time flashed was 4:06.91. It was still better than the 31-year-old's mile world record of 4:07.64, set at the Monaco Diamond League in 2023....