Poles break relay world record as sport salutes Bannister


Athletics - IAAF World Indoor Championships 2018 - Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, Britain - March 4, 2018 Jakub Krzewina of Poland celebrates winning the men's 4x400 metres relay Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Poland's sensational 400 metres relay men and inspired British hurdler Andrew Pozzi transformed the final day of the world indoor championships into an athletics celebration as the sport bade a fond farewell to Roger Bannister on Sunday.

A few hours after the announcement of the death of the pioneer who first broke the four-minute mile, the Polish 4x400 metres relay quartet set a world indoor record of three minutes 01.77 seconds.

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