1. Paralympic Games — 2021-08-20 10:59:53

   … in the competition, giving an international notion to the movement. == To Rome == The first Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were held in Rome in 1960; officially called the// 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games//,…
   …th == {{Image url="Tanni.jpg" class="left" title="Tanni Grey Thompson" }} Paralympic games has grown from around 400 athletes in Rome to over 3,900 athletes from 164 countries in London in 2012. …

2. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   …'s 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. /* event_date="6 May 1954" Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile. */ For many years, athletes had tried and failed to run a mile in less than four minutes that people thought it to be a //physical impossibility//.…

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