Current holder is 17 secs faster

THE mile record has been lowered by almost 17 seconds since 1954.

Running a mile in four minutes translates to a speed of 15mph.

It has been achieved by only a few thousand athletes since Bannister.

The record is currently held by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3:43.13 in Rome in 1999.

Russian Svetlana Masterkova holds the women’s record of 4:12.56.