His confidence soon dissipated, however, as it was announced there would be semi-finals for the 1500 m at the Olympics, which he felt favoured runners who had much deeper training regimens than he did. When he ran his semi-final, Bannister finished fifth and thereby qualified for the final, but he felt "blown and unhappy".
his confidence soon dissipated however as it was announced there would be semi-finals for the 1500 m at the olympics which he felt favoured runners who had much deeper training regimens than he did when he ran his semi-final bannister finished fifth and thereby qualified for the final but he felt "blown and unhappy"