Roger Bannister
FILE - John Landy of Australia, right, leads Roger Bannister of England at the half-way mark during the one mile race at the Empire Games, now known as the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver, Canada, on Aug. 7, 1954. Landy, an Australian middle-distance runner who dueled with Roger Bannister to be the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died, his family said Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. He was 91. (AP Photo, File)
John Landy, pursuer of Bannister's 4-minute mile, dies at 91

By Dennis Passa Feb. 25, 2022 07:44 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2009, file photo, Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates setting a new men's 100-meter world record at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Karsten Warholm's staggering run to shatter his own 400-meter hurdles world record at the Olympics on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, has posed the question: Was it the greatest track race ever? Maybe. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
After Warholm's WR stunner, a look at track's great races

By Gerald Imray Aug. 03, 2021 07:22 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2021. There are 239 days left in the year. Today’s...