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Message: [QUOTE="Blakeon18, post: 4673038, member: 35"] A couple of days ago Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigsten ran 2 miles in a world best 7:54.10 in a Paris meet. The current Olympic 1500 meter champ broke the olde record of around 7:58. Those are the only 2 performances under 8 minutes....ever. Back in the day Roger Bannister shocked the world when he ran a 3:59 and change to be the first man to go under the 4:00 mark. Jakob ran his first mile in 3:59...would have beaten Bannister...and then upped his tempo and ran the second mile in 3:55. Incredible performance! Track fans...I know there are some of you out there! Question: Track authorities are NOT calling this a world 'record'...but rather a 'world best' time. Without research...does anyone know why they are doing this? [/QUOTE]