05-06-2014, 08:55 AM
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Steve Byk
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Greenwich, NY
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Bannister's 4 minute mile: 60 years ago today
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...ur-minute-mile
Sixty years ago on Tuesday Roger Bannister collapsed into a swarm of men wearing stiff macs and bowler hats, his body feeling "like an exploding flashbulb" as he fell. Then came the words that revived him quicker than any pharmaceutical pick-me-up. "Result of event eight: one mile. First, RG Bannister of Exeter and Merton colleges, in a time which, subject to ratification, is a new track record, British record, European record, Commonwealth record and world record – Three minutes and …"
The rest of the sentence was drowned by cheers. Bannister, a 25-year-old medical student, had become the first to break through the four-minute barrier.
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