TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 Pioneers 5 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2 Breaking Through 11 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3 To the Next Level 17 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4 Modern Stars 23 Milestones 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
PIONEERS Nobody was going to catch Diane Leather The English runner started fast She stayed fast And with one final burst she crossed the finish line in 4 59 6 On May 29 1954 Leather became the first woman to run the mile in under five minutes Sixty-five years later Sifan Hassan lined up to run the same distance Just like Leather she reached the finish line faster than any woman in history But by July 2019 runners were much faster Sifan Hassan pushes herself to the finish line in record-breaking time 5 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1
