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John Salvado

Cameron Myers, 16, smashes the four-minute mile

Olli Hoare won the John Landy Mile at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Canberra schoolboy Cameron Myers has become the second-youngest person after the great Jakob Ingebrigtsen to break the four-minute mile.

And Myers' time at the Maurie Plant Classic in Melbourne on Thursday was quicker than that run by the reigning Olympic 1500m champion.

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