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World Service,12 Sep 2019,9 mins

Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty

Sporting Witness

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In 1994, the legendary Irish middle-distance runner Eamonn Coghlan came out of retirement in a bid to become the first person over forty to run a sub-four minute mile. He talks to Ashley Byrne. The programme is a Made-In-Manchester Production. PHOTO: Eamonn Coghlan, centre (Getty Images)

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