How Ja'Kobe Tharp went from being laughed at to world record holder

Ja'Kobe Tharp is the lone American man to hold a world record in an individual running event that's on the Olympic program.
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New World Record: Stunt Rider Gets Dragged Behind a Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX at 160 Mph

Usually, ‘drag racing is usually defined as an activity involving (at least) two self-powered vehicles going flat-out on a straight line (typically a quarter mile in length) to get across the finish line first. An Englishman contested that definition by ...
New York Post

Grandmother of 12 breaks Guinness World Record for longest plank held at over 4.5 hours: ‘Like a dream’

A grandmother just broke the Guinness World Record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position for a female. DonnaJean Wilde is a 58-year-old mom of 5 and grandmother of 12 from Alberta, Canada, who can now add a world record to her resume.
The New York Times

When could the marathon world record be broken next? The races Kelvin Kiptum might target

Kelvin Kiptum lit the marathoning world aflame Sunday in Chicago, running a record-breaking time of 2:00:35 to take 34 seconds off Eliud Kipchoge’s previous best. In the process, Kiptum took a major stride closer to becoming the first man to break the ...