In 1962, New Zealand’s Peter Snell stunned the world by running a 3:54.4 mile on a grass track in Wanganui. By shaving a tenth of a second off Herb Elliott’s record, Snell cemented his legacy as a dual-threat middle-distance king. 🏃‍♂️🇳🇿 #SportHistory #PeterSnell #Running

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#Athleticsliterature. Three-time Olympic champion #PeterSnell retired in 1965, and the following year, his biography was published.

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MEET THE WORLD'S BEST RUNNER In the stretch of the Olympic 800-meter finals in Rome last year the highly favored Belgian, Roger Moens, looked quickly to his right to see if there was any

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#Todaysoldtandfvideo. Sir #PeterSnell sets a remarkable WR on a grass track, stopping the clock at 1:44.3 at the #800m mark.

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