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Christian Coleman breaking the 60 m world record. In 2023, World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the previous term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track. [170] For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records".
As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record.. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Numerous world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.Some events, such as rowing, occur under variable weather conditions that can unfairly benefit an athlete's performance through no fault of their own.
After she raced the open 400 meters last year and ended the year with a knee injury, she returned to the hurdles this spring to prepare for Paris and lowered her world record again, to 50.65, at ...
The record-shattering rocket launch was only about 3.8 miles short of the altitude allowed for amateur rocketry, but the students are hoping to break new records in the club’s future.
Guinness World Records bestowed the record of "Person with the most records" on Ashrita Furman of Queens, New York, in April 2009; at that time, he held 100 records. [33] In 2005, Guinness designated 9 November as International Guinness World Records Day to encourage breaking of world records. [34]
An octogenarian flying trapeze artist, the owner of the world's fastest jet-propelled go-kart and a dog named Feather with a flair for jumping are among the record-breaking stars to win a place in ...