15-year-old New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe became the youngest person ever to run a sub-four-minute mile on Wednesday.
Ruthe crossed the line in Auckland with a time of 3:58.35, finishing just behind pacemaker and two-time Olympian Sam Tanner. Ben Wall, also pacing the race, also finished within four minutes.
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Ruthe achieved the feat 24 days before his 16th birthday, breaking the record previously held by two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen when he was 16, per New Zealand Athletics. The Norwegian ran a time of 3:58.07.
The sub-four minute mile has been a benchmark for athletes since Britain’s Roger Bannister first achieved the feat in 1954.
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