David Weir has marked the 60th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister's sub four-minute mile by breaking the world record for the distance as a wheelchair racer.
He was hoping to go under the three-minute mark, but was clocked at three minutes and seven seconds.
Sir Roger greeted Weir, 34, after he was first to cross the finish line in the Bupa Westminster Mile in front of Buckingham Palace.
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah was guest of honour at the event.
Weir said: "I gave it my best shot. It was pretty fast at the beginning. I was at maximum speed. It's just the speed humps that take the momentum away a little bit.
"It was a good race, pretty fast."
The Paralympic gold medallist, who broke the record he set last year by two seconds, said he enjoyed meeting Sir Roger.
"It's a great honour to talk to him. What he did all those years ago was an amazing achievement. I wish I could have done it today on the anniversary," he said.
But Sir Roger, 85, was optimistic that Weir could break the sub three-minute barrier next year.
He said: "I hope so. He tells me that he has managed to break three minutes for the mile in Richmond Park but I think that was a downhill course.
"He still has a little bit more to try out before he does it but I think he might do it next year."
Sir Roger broke the four-minute mile as a 25-year-old on May 6 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford.
He recalled today how pleased he was that he went ahead with the attempt despite strong winds.
"I felt that if I didn't take the opportunity when it was presented I might not forgive myself," he said.
"There might not be another chance, something might happen, I might have an accident, I wouldn't be able to have (pacemakers) Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway.
"So all these things led me to make the decision that I had to try to do it then."
He added that he still felt "a sense of satisfaction" at the achievement.
