Sir Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

Used the Deadwood Stage as a pacemaker.

Chris Chataway, Chris Chataway, Chris Chataway.

I'm a bit ropey on names these days but have definitely seen a video referring to Bannisters' coach who was a well known blood doper/doctor (Austrian I think) who worked in Athletics all his life and was banned by Ausralia's national team for such practices.
It's believed that Bannister was used as a guinea pig for his methods which were rife and ungoverned for years,a bit like now really.
For anyone interested in the history of doping in sport I've posted a couple of links which I found interesting given it's effects on sports history.

http://www.kawasaki-m.ac.jp/soc/mw/journal/en/2006-e12-1/01_kremenik.pdf

http://www.kawasaki-m.ac.jp/soc/mw/journal/en/2007-e12-2/01_kremenik.pdf

Bannister's coach....no mention of any doping allegations.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Stampfl

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17460260600786948

I watch many videos online regarding doping and a good source of information is from an Australian named durianrider and he mentions Stampfl and has referenced books with evidence.
To be honest at that time there was an explosion in performance enhancing experiments and it will be almost certain that anyone making any out of the ordinary progress was on something just as it is now.

Sad News,i was once presented with a Trophy from the Great Man....R.I.P Roger.

Were you a distance runner acey deucy?

Yeah i was a very keen runner in my younger Days Den.

Should serve you well for your twighlight years,my relatives who ran are all still mobile in their 70s/80s so far

Well i can still run for a bus if i have to Den.

I've been finishing the race in under four minutes for years

Not even cold ffs and there are accusations of him being a doper.  This is not the time; show some respect

Pioneer who was a world class athlete, and was knighted for his services to medicine (not athletics).  Breaker of arguably the most significant barrier in the history of any sport.
RIP

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Not even cold ffs and there are accusations of him being a doper.  This is not the time; show some respect Angry

Pioneer who was a world class athlete, and was knighted for his services to medicine (not athletics).  Breaker of arguably the most significant barrier in the history of any sport.
RIP

I accuse all athletes of note from 1952 onwards alive or dead of not being full natural competitors because if they were all natural they wouldn't have been athletes of note in the first place.
My comments have nothing to do with respect as I respect ALL athletes and the work ethic/mentality they have are their best qualities.

i actually ran on the hallowed track at iffley road in my youth. it wasn't cinder by then obviously. the southern schools regional athletics meeting used to take place there and i was quite a useful middle distance runner back in the day. can't remember if i did the 800 or 1500

RIP Sir Roger

Bannister ascends stairway to heaven imo.

RIP

I was thinking how fast he would run on modern tracks with modern shoes and training methods. Phenomenal athlete and so were his pacemakers!

Chataway

( https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/19/sir-christopher-chataway )

and Brasher

( https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/01/guardianobituaries )

were held in equally high regard I think.

Truly a time when we were Kings!

ufcdan 04 Mar 18 18:46

I've been finishing the race in under four minutes for years

Like the men of Romford I am sure I could have broken the Four Minute Mile but what's the point when you can catch the bus?

I'm talking about a different race............a two horse race WD where I always **** first

Come ?????? But not **** ?

Nope can't say c u  m

Well that leave in a bit of a sticky situation

I think you are talking about a sprint Dan!

Not even cold ffs and there are accusations of him being a doper.  This is not the time; show some respect

Spot on Danno

I accuse all athletes of note from 1952 onwards alive or dead of not being full natural competitors because if they were all natural they wouldn't have been athletes of note in the first place.
My comments have nothing to do with respect as I respect ALL athletes and the work ethic/mentality they have are their best qualities.

I think yer a tad full of your own importance Denzil.

You seem to misunderstand my posts as I only post stuff that sounds negative if I have the info to back it up hence why I post links for anyone to read if they wish

long interview with SIR RB now on BBCNews24

just finished

still on here.

Oh, I paused it when I went outside for my last cig.

I accuse all athletes of note from 1952 onwards alive or dead of not being full natural competitors because if they were all natural they wouldn't have been athletes of note in the first place.

Take that statement, it's just a nonsense. What does that highlighted part even mean?

2004 interview. Thought it was more recent.

It means that to be an elite athlete that has achieved things others can't you have to be taking performance enhancers of some kind otherwise it's not possible.

Laughable and not worth debating.

Do some research and you might think otherwise your answer is what I would've said a year ago.

you remind me a lot of judorick

Ignorance is bliss apparently

is it?

They say it is so it must be true like alot of things