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DEFINING MOMENT

RECORD BREAKER
Roger Bannister breaks a record most people thought was
unbreakable – running a mile (1,609 metres) in under four
minutes. He completed the distance in three minutes
and 59 seconds at Iffley Road Track in Oxford despite
working that same day in his job as a junior doctor.
His record only lasted 46 days but was an
important milestone in what the human
body was capable of achieving.
6 May 1954
© Corbis

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