White City
About White City
White City Stadium in London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics and demolished in 1985. It hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 World Cup.
On the show — 4 mentions total
Queen Alexandra wanted the race to start on the lawn at Windsor Castle so that her children could watch from the nursery window. Then an extra mile was added to the race. Then, at the end of the race, 385 yards were added so that it could finish in front of the royal box at the Olympic Stadium in White City.
from 10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk, 2014-05-09 at 00:15:34 · read transcript
Other times White City came up
I should have said under four minute miles, right? That's right. He didn't do it in exactly four minutes. Yeah. There was someone, a few years later, Derek Ibbotson, who in a mile race at White City ran in exactly four minutes and zero seconds. Wow. He became the first person to do an exact four minute mile. Would that still... Would that still have been as exciting to break the record, or is the point that it has to be under four minutes?
No Such Thing As A Face Mite With A Laptop, 2022-07-28 · listen
I should have said under four minute miles, right? He didn't do it in exactly four minutes. Yeah. There was someone a few years later, Derek Ibbotson, who in a mile race at White City ran in exactly four minutes and zero seconds. Wow. He became the first person to do an exact four minute mile. Would that still would that still have been as exciting to break the record?
437: No Such Thing As A Face Mite With A Laptop, 2022-07-29 · listen
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