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Sifan Hassan breaks long-standing women's mile record in four minutes, 12.33 seconds

Sifan Hassan has broken the long-standing women's mile record in four minutes, 12.33 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League athletics meeting

13 July 2019

The Dutchwoman fractionally beat the four minutes,12.56 second time set in 1996 by Svetlana Masterkova, a two-time Olympic champion in Atlanta.

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