At the Illawong winter track series today the world record attempt on the elusive mile fell agonisingly short.
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Photos by Andrew Atkinson-Howatt NSWMA Field Rep/Waratah Photographer ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
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In cold and blusterly conditions a large field gathered as Sydney Striders' Keith Bateman's attempt on the O/55s world record for the mile came within 0.4 of a second with his outstanding effort stopping the clock at 4.37.30 for the mile.
In other events, Ailsa Cree created a new Australian record for the mile in the O/80s women's category with a time of 13.02.06 while records were also created in the O/40 and O/45 women's mile events .
