Race honors 1936 Olympic 1500m champion and local legend Jack Lovelock; winner to receive $600 prize money with an extra $400 for a sub-4 minute Mile
From The Timaru Herald
No Lovelock Mile competitor has yet managed to beat the best Mile time of the man commemorated in the annual race, but...
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“I’m a big fan of the sport, and especially Mile running. I know all the history, so it just makes a win like this even more special. It’s just so humbling to go down in the record books with some of the greats."
From Australian Olympic Committee
Olympic finalist Ryan Gregson became the first...
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"I would hope that my colleagues with whom I worked in hospitals for 25 years will appreciate the honor, as well as those who were in the world of running.”
By Luke Sproule, The Oxford Times
Sir Roger Bannister, celebrated neurologist and the first man to run a Mile in less than 4 minutes,...
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Two more U.S. high school boys go sub-4, Drew Hunter and Michael Slagowski; two historic Olympic 1500 medals won in Rio by Matthew Centrowitz (gold) and Jenny Simpson (bronze); $480,000-plus record prize money awarded; third BBTM Grand Prix Tour sets records and more highlight banner year
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