Usain Bolt - World's fastest 100m running world records 2012

Usain Bolt - World's fastest 100m Running world records 2012

USAIN Bolt currently holds the world's fastest 100m time of 9.58 seconds, run in Berlin three years ago. However, he has always claimed that 9.4s is achievable.

When the Jamaican arrives for London 2012 he will be under enormous pressure not only to defend his Olympic title at 100m, 200m and in the sprint relay, but also to set new world records. That could prove difficult, according to coach Glen Mills, who points to a potentially slippy London track.

"I don't think it [9.4s] is impossible," Mills said in The Daily Telegraph. "Usain Bolt has set his sights on achieving greater heights. He is quite aware that his work is not done yet.

"But he'd have to have the right conditions and I'm not sure London is going to be kind."

Mills has more than one athlete aiming for 100m glory this year, with Blake the reigning world champion capable of a personal best 9.82s. When it comes to London 2012, Mills does not expect a one-man show.

"I think he (Blake) has now developed to the point where he is ready to compete at the Olympic level at both events (100m and 200m)," Mills said.

Bolt, it is felt, could add the 4x400m Olympic medal to his collection if he entered for the event in London, but Mills explained that such a decision would likely end up stopping the sprinter from retaining his sprint titles.

Mills, 62, said he sees no problem with Bolt having to potentially race at London against athletes who have served doping bans such as Britain’s Dwain Chambers and American Justin Gatlin. “I don’t believe somebody sho­uld be banned for life,” Mills said. “You should be given a chance to redeem yourself.

“One would hope the persons who have found themselves in trouble with that would have learned their lessons and operate under the fairness of competition and stay away from drugs.

“The rules are that if you commit an offence you are punished and after you serve your time you are reinstated. We have to compete under the rules. I don’t really have a problem… Even people who commit murder are given pardons.”

Bolt has spoken often about securing his status as a living legend, but Mills said that catchphrase is Bolt’s way of focusing on his main goals, defending three Olympic titles. “He has set that ‘Living Legend’ theme as a motivation to maintain his high standard of training and level of performance,” Mills said. “He has set his criteria of defending his gold medals in London as his objective.”

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The Great Limerick Run its way into world record

LIMERICK is hoping to break a new record for the world’s largest zumba event next month.

The attempt to break into the Guinness Book of World Records will take place on Sunday, May 6, before people line up to take part in the Great Limerick Run.

It is expected over 4,500 people could take part in the zumba challenge, which will be held as a warm-up for people taking part in the six-mile event.

This will commence at 12:45 and finish at 13:15, before the event starts at 13:30. The current record is approximately 1300 people and the organisers of the run hope to surpass this several times over.

John Cleary, event organiser, was honoured by the Shannon Sports and Conference Bureau on Friday night last in recognition of the contribution the Great Limerick Run has made to the business community in the region over the last two years. The award was presented to him by Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan.

Over 5,500 people have now entered to take part in the six mile event, half marathon, full marathon, and walkers’ marathon, which will be the first event to begin, scheduled for 8am. Now in its third year, it is expected to grow to include some 8,000 entrants this year, rising to 10,000 in 2013. The wide support for the event across Limerick has also been demonstrated by the religious community as St. Michael’s Church of Ireland will be used on the day for any medical emergencies.

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World's fastest man - Usain Bolt Running World Records 2012

World's fastest man - Usain Bolt Running World Records 2012

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has already been dubbed that fastest man on earth.  He holds the world records at 100m and 200m after running 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds respectively at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

But scientists reckon Bolt could run even faster - and they've used simple maths to prove it.

Scientist John D Barrow explained in a report published in Royal Statistical Society journal Significance that Bolt could shave another tenth of a second - a lifetime in 100m sprinting terms - off his 100m time without any change to his sprinting ability.

Barrow identified three key areas where Bolt could benefit:

1. "The 'B' of the BANG"

Despite being the fastest sprinter of all time, Bolt's reaction times are surprisingly poor. He was the second-slowest off the blocks in the Olympic 100m final in Beijing in 2008 and third-slowest when he broke the world record in Berlin a year later.

His running speed is already faster than the "ultimate maximum speed" calculated by Stamford University, reaching speeds of up to 10.6 metres per second, but with a faster reaction time, his finish times could be even faster.

His reaction time in Beijink was 0.165 seconds, but the fastest man off the blocks had a reaction time of 0.133 seconds.  Barrow argues that if Bolt can reduce his reaction time to 0.13 seconds his speed would take him to a time of 9.56 seconds - a new world record.  If Bolt could sharpen his starts to a 0.12 second reaction time, that world record could drop to 9.55 seconds.

And if Bolt was able to take Linford Christie's phrase "Go on the 'B' of the BANG" to the very limits and react at the fastest allowable time of 0.10 seconds, he could achieve a 100m time of 9.53 seconds.


2. Gone with the wind

Wind speed can affect sprinters' performances markedly and Bolt's world record was achieved with a 0.9m/s tailwind.  For a time to be declared viable for world record purposes, the tailwind must not exceed 2.0m/s.

If the new faster-reacting Bolt ran with a 2.0m/s tailwind, that optimum world record time could be lowered by another five hundredths of a second to 9.48 seconds.

3. Air we go

Sprinting at altitude could provide Bolt with even more opportunity to improve his times.  Wind resistance (drag) caused by sprinting through the air is measurably lower when running in the thinner atmosphere at altitude and this reduction in drag could help Bolt shave even more time off his world record.

Barrow explained that every 1,000m of altitude would decrease his 100m running time by about 0.03 seconds because of the decreased air density.

The maximum allowable altitude for valid world records is 1,000m, meaning Bolt's optimum 100m world record could be pruned down to 9.45 seconds.

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Assam Police constable Abhijeet Baruah enters Guinness Book of Records

Assam Police constable Abhijeet Baruah enters Guinness Book of Records

Abhijit Boruah, an Assam police constable, on Tuesday set a new world record of the longest run barefoot by covering a distance of 156.2 km in 24 hours. He was conferred with a certificate from India Book of Records for his achievement. This category of records is new and Abhijit is the first one to set it.

In his quest for getting his name into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first man in the world to run 150 kilometres barefoot within 24 hours, 22-year-old Abhijit Boruah from Jorhat today came out with flying colours, covering 156.2 km within the stipulated time.

Abhijit ran the stipulated 150 km in 23 hours and 19 minutes. He started running from Tarajan Bypass approach yesterday at 3.56 pm and ended his run around the same time today at the same point.

BK Chandrasekhar Tiwari, the Indian observer for the Guinness Book of World Records who monitored the whole event, issued a certificate on behalf of the India Book of Records to Abhijit and handed it over formally to Jorhat MLA Rana Goswami, Jorhat Deputy Commissioner RC Jain and Jorhat SP Sanjukta Parashar at a press meet held in the conference hall of the DC at 5.30 pm today.

Abhijit has been admitted to the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital for a check-up after the ‘great run’. He told mediapersons that in future he would try to break his own record that he had created today.

The route that Abhijit took was marked every 100 metres in accordance with the guidelines of the world records body. He ran between the two points repeatedly to set the record.

The Indian observer for the Guinness Book of World Records said that the entire documentation and video and still photo recordings of the event would be sent to the London-based headquarters of the organisation, which, after detailed analysis and study, would decide on the inclusion of Abhijit’s name in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Elias Gonzalez,Jessica Crate World Record - Gasparilla Half-marathon results

Tampa's Elias Gonzalez set a Gasparilla course mark to win the men's half-marathon in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 9 seconds.

Melbourne's Jessica Crate won the women's half-marathon, also in course record time, 1:20:06.

Even Jefferson the Dog (Peter Donato) got in on the action, establishing a Guinness world record by running the half-marathon in 1:59:14 to better the mark of two hours while wearing a 25-pound mascot costume.

Gonzalez, a 34-year-old graduate of the University of Tampa, placed seventh Saturday in the Gasparilla 15K. During Sunday's half-marathon, he ran unchallenged over the 13.1-mile course. A two-time Gasparilla 15K champion (2005, 2006), Gonzalez shaved 38 seconds off the previous half-marathon course record set last year by Orlando's Steve Curley.

"I didn't know I had a chance to break (the record)," Gonzalez said. "That was impressive."

Gonzalez was followed across the finish line more than a minute later by New Jersey's Hector Rivera, who was second in 1:12:13. Gonzalez grabbed the lead 2 miles into the race and pushed his advantage throughout.

"I just kept going. They never came back," Gonzalez said. "I was thinking they were going to eat me up from the back, because that happens sometimes. I'm glad I was able to keep it."

Gonzalez spent nearly all of 2010 in Kuwait, away from the local running circuit. He is a captain in the U.S. Army National Guard, which he has been a member of for 12 years.

"I was training over there, just thinking about this race," he said.

Though Rivera, 40, was second overall, he was the men's masters division champion. Tampa's Jon Noland, 36, placed third in 1:13:03.

Crate, a 2007 graduate of Florida State, was a member of a group of lead runners at last year's Gasparilla half-marathon that ran off course on Davis Islands. Crate said she was in first place in the women's race before the mishap but found herself trailing about 20 runners once she was back on the proper path.

On Sunday, Crate knew where she was going and got there in a hurry. She stayed ahead of the pack from the start and broke the tape 28 seconds ahead of the 2005 mark set by two-time Gasparilla half-marathon champion Shannon Hovey from Connecticut.

"I was just trying to follow and make sure I paid attention," the 25-year-old Crate said. "I remembered the course from last year. I looked at a map before the race. Just tried to run smart and make sure I stayed on course."

Crate, who also calls Canada home, just missed her goal of finishing in under 1:20. She is training to run the Boston Marathon in April.

"I was going for a top three," Crate said. "I just wanted to run a good race, get a good time under my belt."

Two-time defending champion Terri Rejimbal of Tampa was second, coming across the line 1:44 behind in 1:21:50. Rejimbal, 42, was the women's masters champion. Lakeland's Laura Woznicki, 24, took third in 1:21:55.

Susan Harmeling, executive director of the Gasparilla Distance Classic Association, said a record 6,000 runners participated in Sunday's half-marathon and were joined by 2,200 more in the first-ever 8-kilometer race.

All told, nearly 26,000 runners entered at least one of the four races this weekend, setting a participation record.

Gasparilla Half-marathon results:-

Top 20 men

1. Elias Gonzalez, Tampa, 1:11:09;
2. Hector Rivera, Clifton, N.J., 1:12:13;
3.Jon Noland, Tampa, 1:13:03;
4. Anthony Calingo, Tampa, 1:13:16;
5. Thomas Kunish, Jacksonville, N.C., 1:14:07;
6. Karsen Callahan, Clearwater, 1:15:09;
7. Mark Bokor, Tampa, 1:15:32;
8. Joshua Prevatt, Brandon, 1:15:35;
9. Erich Fiedler, Cary, N.C., 1:15:55;
10. Jason Porter, Bedford, N.H., 1:16:48;
11. Timothy Topa, Sebring, 1:18:53;
12. Sam Chandler, St. Petersburg, 1:19:35;
13. Tommy Brown, Land O'Lakes, 1:19:49;
14. Steve Chin, Satellite Beach, 1:19:51;
15. David Cater, Atlanta, 1:20:03;
16. Adam Bulewich, Windsor, Conn., 1:20:09;
17. Anthony Plourde, Dade City, 1:20:11;
18. Robert Kniss, Zephyrhills, 1:21:17;
19. Delroy Boothe, Bahamas, 1:21:33;
20. Jack Marmorstein, Harrisonburg, Va., 1:21:37.

Top 20 women

1. Jessica Crate, Melbourne, 1:20:06;
2. Terri Rejimbal, Tampa, 1:21:50;
3. Laura Woznicki, Lakeland, 1:21:55;
4. Kristina Brendzel, Tampa, 1:23:08;
5. Melissa Stellato, Windsor, Conn., 1:24:54;
6. Loni Smith, Lakeland, 1:25:35;
7. Kaia Hampton, Tampa, 1:26:48;
8. Sarah Palumbo, Orlando, 1:28:30;
9. Stacy Juckett Chestnut, Canada, 1:29:20;
10. Jacki Wachtel, New Port Richey, 1:30:48;
11. Olga Ulitsky, Sarasota, 1:31:04;
12. Erin Young, Tampa, 1:31:08;
13. Sara Petrick, Apollo Beach, 1:31:33;
14. Jessica Sebor, St. Petersburg, 1:31:49;
15. Maria Castellez, Tampa, 1:32:39;
16. Lissa Murphy, Sarasota, 1:32:57;
17. Parmvir Bamia, Tampa, 1:33:00;
18. Maryclare McQuade, Chesapeake, Va., 1:33:51;
19. Angie Focke, Tampa, 1:34:06.
20. Kacy Seynders, Palm Harbor, 1:34:27.

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World's largest road race set world record - Sydney,Australia

You can't avoid a few jitters at the start. Forty, 50, 60,000 swarming around Hyde Park - stretching, stowing bags, looking for friends and hunting for the right starting group - makes it the busiest and most colourful place in Sydney on a Sunday morning.

And when there are a world record 80,000 entries, you just have to forget your race plans and take it all in. You're shoulder to naked shoulder with hundreds of runners - some dressed as superheroes, stormtroopers and bananas - helicopters are hovering overhead and thousands of spectators are massing along the route.

The gun sends the first wave surging down William Street where a band of Hare Krishnas chant support. Inside the Kings Cross tunnel, there's an encouraging burst of ''Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi''.

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Four kilometres in and travelling smoothly, you check your stopwatch to discover - d'oh - it's still reading 0.00. Pressure off.

Might as well enjoy the music that is part of this great community celebration of fitness and vitality. On an awning at Double Bay, a thousand decibels of Metallica's Enter Sandman pretty much clears the brain of every thought.

Then a young woman ominously says ''it starts'' and you know exactly what she means - we've reached the infamous Heartbreak Hill.

You find a pace and grind towards the top. Halfway up, a runner wearing a gold dressing gown labelled the Italian Stallion overtakes. Rocky lives!

At Watsons Bay, you suddenly realise how disrespectful children have become. A girl who looks 10 - could even be nine - is running far, far better than you.

You remind yourself the City2Surf is 80,000 individual races with 80,000 ambitions. That's runner speak for ''time to re-evaluate what's possible''.

Weaving down through North Bondi, a glimpse of the ocean is the sign to pick up the pace but, as always, the final stretch along Campbell Parade seems like a daylong march with a backpack full of bricks.

Then you reach the finish line of one of the world's most spectacular running events. With the sun bathing the beach and happy athletes everywhere, you realise the City2Surf is all about sharing an inspiring experience in a great city. Your time is irrelevant.

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Andy Murray set a world record by running 3,000 miles in 85 DAYS

DAREDEVIL doc Andy Murray plans to set a world record by running 3,000 miles in 85 DAYS - with NO time off.

The 30-year-old aims to make as many headlines across the world as his tennis namesake by running more than 30 miles a day from John O'Groats to the Sahara desert in North Africa.

The gruelling charity challenge, which begins on November 8, will see the Aberdeen GP complete eight miles MORE than a marathon every day for nearly three months.

Japan's Akinori Kusuda, 65, ran the 26.2-mile distance 52 days in a row last year to claim the Guinness World Record for the most marathons run on consecutive days.

But if Andy achieves his amazing feat the world record will be his.

He said: "It would be amazing to be the benchmark for marathon running. I'm not at that stage yet though so I need to keep focused on getting the job done."

Andy admits his Scotland-to-Sahara adventure is the biggest challenge of his life and his preparations are as brutal as the journey that awaits him.

He plans to run a whopping 100 miles every week until the day his expedition begins.

He is fitting in a night each at his local tennis and squash clubs and two games of five-a-side with his friends to toughen-up his training schedule.

Last weekend, he shattered the record for running the length of Hadrian's Wall by finishing the 84-mile stretch in 16 hours and 59 minutes - THREE HOURS faster than previous holder Jon Watts.

This Saturday, he is tackling Skye's spectacular Cuillin Ridge, a range of mountains regarded as one of the UK's most daunting.

Andy said: "I'm so tired at the moment from all the training. And I know that by December I'll feel twice as exhausted.

"I'm not complaining though. The best thing you can do is forget about what you're doing.

"When I'm running or taking part in any sport, I lose all my thoughts. I'm determined to push myself to the max for this."

John O'Groats to Sahara Desert

DETERMINED Andy starts his epic journey at John O'Groats on November 8.

He'll head south after stopping off to climb Ben Nevis on day five.

Then he will pass through England, France and Spain before enduring temperatures of up to 45°C (113°F) in the Sahara. The adventure finishes in Merzouga, Morocco on January 27.

Andy said: "In Spain and Morocco I'll have to run with a SLEDGE because of the sand.

"It will carry my food, juice, waterproofs, Vaseline, painkillers, passport and money. It'll be tough, but there's just no way round it."

Andy has been taking running tips from marathon man Mark Cooper, 27.

The pair teamed up for the Hadrian's Wall run on Saturday.

Edinburgh office worker Mark ran 50 marathons in 56 days - 1,310 miles from Holland to Spain - earlier this year.

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Fastest Vertical Run set Guinness World Records by Tony Berglund - Swedish

Fastest Vertical Run set Guinness World Records by Tony Berglund - Swedish

Swedish Adventurer Tony Berglund Sets a new World Record for the Fastest Vertical Run, as he ran the 100 Meters Down the Front of a Skyscraper in Vasteras in 34.76 Seconds

The record involved running 100 meters down the front of a skyscraper in central Vasteras, face down using a rope.


Fastest Vertical Run Tony Berglund Picture

Tony Berglund beat the former world record in Vertical Run, of 36.25 seconds set by Britain's Steve Jones. The record was supervised by Guinness World Records' own adjudicator from London on site in Vasteras.
"This is a once in a lifetime achievement. Especially because we had to postpone the attempt one day due to heavy winds. I was confident I could beat the record and everything worked out just as planned. I defeated the forces of nature and my own fears", Berglund said.

In order to make the attempt possible the skyscraper had to be extended which made it the third highest skyscraper in Sweden for one day. A 20 meter high framed structure was temporarily built on top of the skyscraper and made it over 100 meters tall.
Berglund also had to use a specially constructed carbon dioxide cooled rappelling device to prevent the rope from melting by the heat created by the high speed.


In order to make the attempt possible the skyscraper had to be extended which made it the third highest skyscraper in Sweden for one day. A 20 meter high framed structure was temporarily built on top of the skyscraper and made it over 100 meters tall.
Berglund also had to use a specially constructed carbon dioxide cooled rappelling device to prevent the rope from melting by the heat created by the high speed.


Tony Berglund - Fastest Vertical Run Guinness World Records 2010 Video

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SPRINT king Usain Bolt broke the 100m Running world record

SPRINT king Usain Bolt will compete in New York this summer at the fifth leg of the new-look Diamond League on the same track that he first broke the 100m running world record.

Meet organisers confirmed on Tuesday that the three-time Olympic gold medallist, world champion and world record holder will compete in the Adidas Grand Prix on June 12 on Randall's Island.

In May 2008, Bolt clocked 9.72 seconds to break compatriot Asafa Powell's world record at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York before heading to Beijing that August and crossing the line in 9.69.


"The track was lit up by lightning but despite the storm the supporters stayed seated to watch the 100m. So I know they enjoyed my speed," said Bolt.

Bolt has since become the hottest property in world athletics and clocked new world records of 9.58 and 19.19 at last summer's World Championships in Berlin.

The New York meet, formerly known as the Reebok Grand Prix, will be the fifth stop on the inaugural IAAF Diamond League circuit.

Bolt is expected to opt against competing at October's Commonwealth Games in Delhi, instead inspected to feature at the majority of the 14 events that make up the new Diamond League, which replaces the six-legged Golden League series.



Source: morethanthegames

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Mike celebrates running world record 2010

Ex-soldier Mike Buss, 35, ran 517.3 miles (832.4km) on a treadmill at the Brunel Shopping Centre,beating the previous record of 468 miles.Mr Buss has been running on the treadmill for 20 out of every 24 hours.He said he was aiming to break 20 world records every year and raise £1m for the Help for Heroes charity.
This is now the fourth time his name appears in the Guinness Book of World Records after continuous cycling, running with a kit bag and running in a chemical warfare suit.

Mike, 35, said: “I feel brilliant – it was the biggest world record I was going for this year.

“It was the toughest challenge I’ve ever done and is the toughest world record in the book. I don’t think there’s any other endurance world record that comes close to that one. The crowd’s support was fantastic. They came out in all weathers to cheer me on and donate money for charity and it gave me the buzz to carry on.”

Mike added: “I’m actually feeling all right. I do recover very quickly. When my body cools down I will end up getting stiff muscles so I’ll have a massage to prevent that as much as possible.

“I’m looking forward to a bit of stew which is on the go and get back into as much of a normal routine as possible.

“I’ll be in light training today and be back into full training by Friday.”

Mike is now on a mission to break 20 world endurance records in just 12 months – a feat that has never been achieved before.

One of the faces in the crowd supporting Mike was Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher from Solihull in the West Midlands.

In February last year he hit the national headlines after his quick-thinking saved his companions from certain death in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

He triggered a trip wire dropped to the ground and covered a grenade with his rucksack. He was blown into the air and the backpack was shredded, but he survived.

Matt was later awarded The George Cross – one of the highest military decorations for acts of gallantry. There are currently only 19 living recipients in the country.

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