thePodcast: Looking back at the Miracle Mile, 70 years ago

August 11, 2024 00:26:55
thePodcast: Looking back at the Miracle Mile, 70 years ago
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thePodcast: Looking back at the Miracle Mile, 70 years ago

Aug 11 2024 | 00:26:55

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Show Notes

For the week of  Aug. 11, 2024: For the first time in history, two men ran the mile in less than four minutes in the same race. It happened in East Vancouver on the final day of the British Empire Games in 1954, an event that introduced British Columbia to the world early in the television era.  England’s Roger Bannister defeated Australia’s John Landy in what is known as the “Miracle Mile” at Empire Stadium on Aug. 7, 1954.  The stadium is gone, but Empire Fields remain a buzzing hive of amateur sport. On the 70th anniversary, host Bob Mackin […]

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