Youth Breaks 4-Min mile
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B. Jipcho. a 19year-old Kenyan schoolboy, became one of the youngest athletes in the world to break the fourminute mile barrier, when he. clocked 3min 59.8 sec in Olympic trials at Kisumu, which is more than 3706 ft above sea level.
He finished second behind the 3000-metres world recordholder. K. Keino, who won In 3min 55.35ec.
Both clinched places in the Kenyan track and field team The powerful squad also includes W. Kiprugut, 800 metres bronze medallist at Tokyo, a steeplechase specialist B. Kogo, and N. Temu. Commonwealth Games sixmiles champion. The American, J. Ryun. holder of the world mile record in 3min 51.1 sec, was also 19 when he first ran a fourminute mile.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31775, 4 September 1968, Page 7
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