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Adidas’ record-breaking super shoes have officially broken marathon running

Two sub-two-hour marathons later, it’s hard not to question where innovation ends and advantage begins

Sabastian Sawe’s sub-two hour marathon is the Roger Bannister moment of our time

Sunday’s landmark in London was not only unexpected, dramatic and historic – it was a once-in-a-generation moment

The Guardian - UK

How 2 men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable

On May 6 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes.

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London Marathon hails ‘greatest day’ as Sawe breaks two hours and records tumble

The London Marathon’s organisers have hailed the “greatest day” in the event’s 45-year history after huge crowds watched Sabastian Sawe become the first man to shatter the two-hour barrier in an official race

The Guardian - UK

Bread and honey for breakfast and 150 miles a week training: secrets of Sawe’s world record

The Kenyan, who became the first man to run a sub-two-hour marathon in winning the London Marathon, said: ‘I have shown that nothing is not possible’

The Guardian - UK

‘This record needs to be brought home’: Josh Kerr gunning for world mile landmark

Fresh from success at the world indoors, the 28-year-old believes the mile world record belongs in Britain and hopes to make history in London in July

The Guardian - UK

Faith not enough as Kipyegon misses four-minute mile barrier by six seconds

The 31-year-old Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon ran faster than her own world record but failed to be first woman under four minutes

The Guardian - UK

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Susan Egelstaff: Is now the time for a woman to break the four-minute mile barrier?

Men have been running sub-four-minute miles for decades but as yet, a woman has never broken the iconic four-minute barrier for the mile. That could…

The National (Scotland)

Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile

Faith Kipyegon plans ‘to make the impossible possible’ by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile this summer

The Guardian - UK

Echoing Landy, the mile returns to Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games will feature the biggest swimming programme ever - and a return on the track of the mile event once graced by Bannister and Landy.

AAP

David Smith: Ed Jackson, The Mountain Within Me and the power of vicarious experience

Vicarious experiences are key in giving us a sense of self belief that we to can achieve something.

The National (Scotland)

Have We Reached Our Athletic Limits?

From the start, SI has chronicled the chase to redefine athletic potential. What frontiers will we explore in the next 70 years?

Sports Illustrated

Daily Quiz | On Roger Bannister

A quiz on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the historic sub-four-minute mile run on May 6 by Roger Bannister

The Hindu

‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile

Sebastian Coe’s description of the doctor’s record-breaking run in 1954 underlines its enduring significance 70 years later

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Sir Paul Fox obituary

Veteran television executive who served as controller of BBC One for six years and later became Yorkshire TV’s managing director

Sports Illustrated

Sportsperson of the Year 2023: Deion Sanders

Links to all of our Sportsperson of the Year coverage, including the main feature written by Pat Forde and sidebars from LeBron James, Jerry Rice and Sanders’s manager Constance Schwartz-Morini.

Sports Illustrated

Every SI Sportsperson of the Year, From 1954 to 2023

From Deion Sanders in 2023 to Roger Bannister in 1954, here is every winner of Sportsperson of the Year—including Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King and more.

Daily Mirror

England Lionesses winning 2022 Euros named the greatest sporting moment of all time

Other top moments in sporting history include Usain Bolt's 100-metre gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, and Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile in 1954

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Legendary athlete, state governor, scientist and butterfly collector John Landy remembered at state memorial service

Former governor and champion runner John Landy is remembered as a humble man "renowned for his integrity", at a state memorial service in Melbourne.

Edinburgh Live

24 British Citizenship test questions to see if you'd pass it

People who want to become a British citizen and live in the UK must first pass a test. But with a pass rate of 75 per cent needed to gain a new, blue passport, could you pass it?

Daily Record

Try the British citizenship test - 24 tricky questions every person must answer

Check if you already have the knowledge it takes to become a citizen.

Liverpool Echo

British Citizenship Test: Answer these questions to see if you could pass it

It's harder than you may think

Wales Online

British Citizenship test questions - see if you would be able to pass

It costs £50 to sit the test - but you need to get 75 per cent right

The Guardian - UK

Zebras, giraffes … and a cycle race through the Maasai Mara

East Africans rarely get a chance to show what they can do on two wheels. They did that in Kenya this month and the result was spectacular

The Conversation

Taking a look back at the evolution of sport during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee

The United Kingdom is celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years as head of the Commonwealth.

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