For the week of Aug. 11, 2024:
For the first time in history, two men ran the mile in less than four minutes in the same race. It happened in East Vancouver on the final day of the British Empire Games in 1954, an event that introduced British Columbia to the world early in the television era.
England’s Roger Bannister defeated Australia’s John Landy in what is known as the “Miracle Mile” at Empire Stadium on Aug. 7, 1954.
The stadium is gone, but Empire Fields remain a buzzing hive of amateur sport. On the 70th anniversary, host Bob Mackin and Jason Beck from the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum took a walk in the footsteps of Bannister and Landy.
Jason Beck is also the author of “The Miracle Mile: Stories of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.”
Plus, this week’s Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines.
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