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Sporting Witness: Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty

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12/09/2019 GMT

Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Eamonn Coghlan and the four-minute mile at forty

How the Irish runner came out of retirement to achieve a milestone for older runners.

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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