Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge nearly breaks marathon’s two-hour barrier
In 1954, Roger Bannister famously ran the first sub-four-minute mile with a time of 3:59.4. Fourteen years later, Jim Hines ran the first sub-ten-second […]
Brash 8-year-old fitness trainer Demarjay Smith outraces Usain Bolt on ‘The Ellen Show’
First it was 105-year-old sprinter Hidekichi Miyazaki calling out Usain Bolt, then it was 8-year-old fitness trainer Demarjay Smith. Earlier in the week, Bolt […]
Distance be damned! World-record basketball shot travels over 400 feet
Making a full-court basketball shot is tough enough (just ask Kevin Love), so making one from more than four times that distance should be […]
High jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim believes he can fly
Last week, Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim flirted with rewriting long-established gravitational laws, by clearing 2.43 meters (7.972 feet) in the high jump. As amazing […]
Usain Bolt called out by 103-year-old Japanese sprinter Hidekichi Miyazaki
Japan’s Hidekichi Miyazaki holds the 100m world record for centenarians at just under 30 seconds (29.83), but still isn’t satisfied with his sprinting/tottering accomplishments. […]