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SEE ALSO: The 5 most inspirational Olympic moments. Swimming: Women's 800m freestyle New world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:04:79 Old world record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 8:06:68. Women's 400m ...
Overall, she tied several world records and set a new American record for the most gymnastics gold medals at an Olympics. As a result, she carried the U.S. flag during the closing ceremony.
7) Simone Biles overcomes "twisties" to win four medals in Paris. Simone Biles is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast who ever lived, but her performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was marred ...
Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best (the old 6.14 m record), with a 6.15 m vault and continued to improve the world record thereafter, most recently in 2024 ...
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 ...
The United States has been the most successful competitor at the World Championships in both medals and records. Four athletes hold multiple records: Usain Bolt holds records in the 100 and 200 metres as well as the 4 × 100 relay; Michael Johnson holds individual and relay records in the 400 metres
From Michael Phelps' 8 gold medal world record to Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic flame, the Olympics is filled with emotional moments
Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time, was the 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000 m, and held the 5000 m and 10,000 m world records from 1998 until 2004 with a mark of 12:39.36 and 26:22.75 respectively (still the second best athlete of all time). He also held the marathon world record ...