- Title: New Zealand teen becomes youngest to run sub-four minute mile
- Date: 20th March 2025
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- Keywords: NZ New Zealand Ruthe Sam Ruthe athletics mile one record running sports
- Location: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND / OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND / OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: New Zealand
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Athletics,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA004023720032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: New Zealand's Sam Ruthe has made history by becoming the youngest person and the first 15-year-old to run a mile in under four minutes, breaking the record by two seconds on Wednesday (March 19) at Mt. Smart Stadium in Auckland.
The middle-distance prodigy completed the race in a record three minutes and 58.35 seconds, with pacemakers Sam Tanner and Ben Wall also finishing within the four-minute mark.
Ruthe, who achieved the record-breaking feat 24 days short of his 16th birthday, beat his previous best time of four minutes and 1.72 seconds, which he achieved at the Cooks Classic in Whanganui in January.
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, a two-time Olympic champion and holder of three world records, ran the race in 3:58.07 seconds at the age of 16, while Australia's Cam Myers holds the current best time for a 16-year-old at 3:55.44. England’s Roger Bannister first achieved the sub-four minute mile in 1954, with a time of three minutes and 59.4 seconds.
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