Two swedish runners became like the world's best runners, and they started breaking one another's world record for the mile. Both of them got out of olympic fame because of world war two. The games were canceled in forty and forty four when they would have been at their peak athletic ability.
Nobody thought the 4-minute mile was humanly possible, until it was. The story of how it happened is remarkable. So sit back and take a listen.
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