Bannister recalls the day he conquered the four-minute mile
Clip: 5/11/2014 | 1m 52s
Roger Bannister recalls the day he conquered the four-minute mile, 60 years ago.
Just over sixty years ago this week 25-year-old British runner Roger Bannister did what many athletes, and even doctors, had deemed impossible. He broke the four-minute mile. Bannister reflects on the barrier he somehow knew was psychological not physical.
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Bannister recalls the day he conquered the four-minute mile
Clip: 5/11/2014 | 1m 52s
Just over sixty years ago this week 25-year-old British runner Roger Bannister did what many athletes, and even doctors, had deemed impossible. He broke the four-minute mile. Bannister reflects on the barrier he somehow knew was psychological not physical.
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