On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister achieved a goal that had once been thought physically impossible - the four-minute mile ...

Since British trailblazer Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run a mile in under four minutes in 1954, more than 70 years ago, middle-distance runners from around the world have continued ...

The Bannister Community Mile was first held last year to mark 70 years since Sir Roger Bannister ran the distance in three minutes and 59.4 seconds. More than 1,500 runners of all ages and ...

Ruthe's world-record mile run was more than three seconds faster than his prior best of 4:01.72 ... Britain's Roger Bannister was the first human to break the four-minute barrier in the mile ...

15-year-old New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe became the youngest person ever to run a sub-four-minute mile on Wednesday. Ruthe ...

At 15, Sam Ruthe has become the youngest athlete in history to run a sub-four-minute mile on Wednesday, some 71 years since ...

Sam Ruthe, 15, ran 3:58.35 in the mile at ACA Mile Night in Auckland, New Zealand, to become the youngest person to break the ...

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 ...

Sam Ruthe, a 15-year-old New Zealander, has become the youngest athlete ever to break four minutes for the mile.