A community race to celebrate the first four-minute mile will become an annual event, its organisers have announced. The ...
Since Roger Bannister of Great Britain became the first athlete to run a sub-four-minute mile in 1954, middle-distance runners around the world have chased the prestigious mark for decades.
15-year-old New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe became the youngest person ever to run a sub-four-minute mile on Wednesday. Ruthe ...
Sam Ruthe poses next to his record-breaking time after breaking the four-minute mile.Credit: Getty Images Roger Bannister was a 25-year-old Oxford University medical student in May 1954 ...
New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe made history on Wednesday as he became the youngest person to run a sub-four-minute mile.
Ruthe’s name has been making headlines all summer. He first shattered the 15-year-old world best for 3000m in November, then lowered it twice more—most recently running 7:56.18 at the New Zealand ...
Sir Roger Bannister managed the feat just 0.6 seconds shy of four minutes A community race to celebrate the first four-minute mile will become an annual event, its organisers have announced.
A sub-four-minute mile has long been considered one of the great barriers in athletics, a feat first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Developments in training and shoe ...