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Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is setting her sights on breaking athletics' longest-standing world record this summer at London Stadium. After the best winter training of her career, she's ready to chase down a mark that's stood untouched for over four decades.
Britain's Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is targeting athletics' longest-standing world record this summer after the best training block of her career. The 24-year-old plans to chase the 43-year-old mark on home soil at London Stadium in July.
British runner Keely Hodgkinson is gunning for athletics' longest-standing world record this summer after completing the best training of her career. The Olympic 800m champion plans to chase the 43-year mark on home soil in London this July.
A wheelchair athlete who uses a standard chair is tackling one of cycling's most brutal climbs to prove anyone can do sports. Lexi Chambers will push 6,100 feet up France's Alpe d'Huez this July.
Tyler Andrews reached Mount Everest's summit in just under 10 hours, breaking a record that stood for over two decades. The cancer survivor is raising funds to help young athletes in Ecuador and Nepal access coaching and equipment.
A 50-plus archer from the United States just rewrote the record books twice at the same competition in Colombia. Mark Williams proved age is just a number by shattering two world records in a single afternoon.
Indian teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi just broke cricket's most explosive record, smashing 12 sixes in a single game to eclipse a mark that stood for 13 years. The 15-year-old's incredible 97 off just 29 balls has cricket fans worldwide cheering for the sport's youngest superstar.
A nighttime drone show promoting Masters of the Universe just obliterated the world record for brightness, lighting up the LA sky at 22 times the required intensity. Meanwhile, another show used nearly 5,000 drones to create the largest fictional character ever formed in the air.
A warehouse robot just ran for 24 hours straight on electricity beamed through the air by laser, shattering two world records. The breakthrough could mean drones and robots that never need battery changes.
A 15-year-old Indian cricket prodigy just shattered Chris Gayle's IPL record for most sixes in a season, hitting 12 home runs in a single knockout match. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi came within three runs of breaking another legendary record in the same explosive performance.
Swiss wheelchair racer Catherine Debrunner just shattered her own world record in the 200 meters, cutting more than a full second off her previous time. She now holds world records in all nine women's T53 wheelchair racing events.
A 5-year-old convinced his parents to break a decade-old world record, and together they sent a slinky down 53 stairs. The Luchsinger family nearly doubled the previous record that had stood untouched since 2014.
Giuseppe Damato turned 90 in January and promptly broke two world records, running a marathon in 4:30:30 and slicing nearly two hours off the previous mark. The Italian grandfather didn't start running until age 72, proving it's never too late to chase your dreams.
Catherine Debrunner dominated her home competition in Switzerland, winning five of six wheelchair races and setting a world record in front of her fans. The three-day event in Nottwil saw multiple Paralympic champions shatter records across dozens of events.
Saudi Arabia's agricultural development program has transformed rural communities, boosting small farmer incomes by 45% while supporting over 92,000 people since 2019. Women make up 75% of beneficiaries in this food security initiative that's setting world records.
A team of Mexican artists just earned a Guinness World Record by creating a massive 200-square-meter mural entirely by hand. The vibrant artwork celebrates the 2026 World Cup coming to Mexico, the U.S., and Canada.
American swimmer Anna Moesch just became the second-fastest woman in history, blazing through 100 meters in 51.94 seconds at a London meet. She shattered a record that stood for seven years and now sits just 0.23 seconds behind the world mark.
Kristof Milak just shattered his own championship record at one of swimming's most prestigious tours, proving that sometimes your biggest competition is yourself. The Hungarian Olympic champion blazed through the 100-meter butterfly in 50.66 seconds at Monaco's Mare Nostrum event.
On her 18th birthday weekend, Chinese javelin thrower Yan Ziyi launched herself into athletic history with a throw that came within inches of the world record. Her performance would have easily won Olympic gold and shattered multiple records in a single moment.
Olympic champion Masai Russell blazed through the 100m hurdles in 12.14 seconds, missing the world record by just two hundredths of a second. The stunning performance in China marks the second-fastest time in history and shows she's just getting started.
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