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“Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes, so that I thought I would run more effectively.”

Quote by Roger Bannister

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Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister, born on March 23, 1929, in the United Kingdom, was a renowned long-distance runner. He broke the world record for running one mile in under four minutes on May 6, 1954, a milestone in the history of athletics. more

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