Sunday’s landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment ... Then they tempted curious onlookers with a simple question ... ....
Sir Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile had been the greatest sporting moment of the 20th century, he told us ... Roger Bannister’s May 1954 feat in the mile resonated for generations, despite his world record being broken a month and a half later.