Breaking Barriers

Of all the athletics feats in history, the one accomplished by Roger Bannister on May 6, 1954 at Oxford University’s Iffley Road Track, is considered the greatest. Bannister’s keen rivalry with Australian John Landy, another mile runner, also the most romantic. Bannister ran the mile for the first time in human history under four minutes, […]

Of all the athletics feats in history, the one accomplished by Roger Bannister on May 6, 1954 at Oxford University’s Iffley Road Track, is considered the greatest. Bannister’s keen rivalry with Australian John Landy, another mile runner, also the most romantic. Bannister ran the mile for the first time in human history under four minutes, […]

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