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PHIL’N

GOOD

In this May 6, 1954 file photo,
Britain's Roger Bannister hits
the tape to break the four-
minute mile in Oxford, Eng-
land.
Associated Press
Roger Bannister,

first to run

sub 4-minute

mile, dies at 88
By CHRIS LEHOURITES
AP Sports Writer
LONDON (AP) — It was a
typical British afternoon in
early May: wet, cool and
blustery. Not exactly the
ideal conditions for running
four laps around a track
faster than many thought
humanly possible.
A lanky Oxford medical
student named Roger Ban-
nister looked up at the
white-and-red English flag
whipping in the wind atop
a nearby church and fig-
ured he would have to call
off the record attempt.
But then, shortly after 6
p.m. on May 6, 1954, the
wind subsided. Bannister
glanced up again and
saw the flag fluttering oh-
so gently. The race was on.
With two friends acting as
pacemakers, Bannister
churned around the cin-
der track four times. His
long arms and legs pump-
ing, his lungs gasping for Mickelson’s drought ends at
air, he put on a furious kick
over the final 300 yards
and nearly collapsed as he WGC-Mexico Championship
crossed the finish line.
The announcer read out
the time: Phil Mickelson, of the U.S., approaches the green on the 1st hole in the the final round of the Mexico Championship at Chapultepec
“3...” Golf Club in Mexico City, Sunday, March 4, 2018.
Associated Press
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