When he was 21, Ian Barnes shared the world's astonishment when the legendary British athlete Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954. "I suppose he's my hero," Barnes told Business ...

Roger Bannister: Athlete and Philosopher draws on a raft of first-hand sources, from personal diaries and documents which are now lodged for public consumption at the Bodleian Library in Oxford ...

A week has passed since Roger Bannister died. The legend of the race ... It goes like this. Track athletes in the Dark Ages of the 1950s labored under the superstition that no human being could ...

The Norwegian ran a time of 3:58.07. The sub-four minute mile has been a benchmark for athletes since Britain’s Roger Bannister first achieved the feat in 1954. “This was probably my favourite ...

Ingebristen was the youngest athlete to break the four-minute mark ... a revered barrier in athletics since Great Britain’s Roger Bannister first accomplished the feat in 1954.

Ever since Sir Roger Bannister ran the first mile under four minutes back ... But will there be a time when an athlete will break the 3:30 mark? Sounds impossible, but one man reckons differently. Dr ...

New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe made history on Wednesday ... a feat first achieved by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954. Developments in training and shoe technology have made it a more ...