I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.
Roger Bannister

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I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin. Roger Bannister

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.
Roger Bannister