Pakistan, Aug. 9 -- Faith Kipyegon said she believes a woman will break the four-minute barrier for the mile "in this generation or the next", and the challenge is what keeps her training.

The Kenyan came up short in her specially arranged attempt in June to become the first woman to smash through the four-minute barrier, clocking 4min 06.42sec in Paris. "My goal was to be the first woman to run under four minutes in the mile. I would say I didn't do what I wanted to do, but it sent a message that it is possible one day," Kipyegon told reporters in a roundtable interview released on Thursday, ahead of next month's World Championships in Tokyo.

"If it does not come my way, it will be someone one day," the 31-year-old added.

Kipyegon, a ...