Mile News Tagged Hellen Obiri


Sifan Hassan wins fast Mile at Müller Anniversary Games

July 22, 2018

Best ever women's Mile produces #3, 6-7 all-time, 4 national records, best time for place 2-12, record tying 5 sub-4:20 same race and 10 personal records!

By Steve Smythe, Athletics Weekly

The final race on the second day of the Müller Anniversary Games on Sunday in London was the Millicent...

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The Best Mile Moments of 2017

December 21, 2017

Record prize money awarded exceeds $500,000, Blankenship & Lipari win BBTM Grand Prix Tour titles, one more U.S. HSer sub-4, the brothers Ingebrigtsen make history, greatest women’s Mile ever and more highlight year

By Ryan Lamppa, Bring Back the Mile

Since the Bring Back the Mile launch in...

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Obiri Wins Historic Women’s Mile to Highlight Müller Anniversary Games

July 09, 2017

Top five women clock sub-4:20 plus best marks-for-place were set from 4th to 14th, produces the deepest women’s Mile race in history; Jenny Simpson #2 U.S. woman all-time with 4:19.98 in London

By Matthew Brown for the IAAF

Two world leads, a world best and a meeting record in the women’s...

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