PARIS—A week after shattering the world record in the women’s 1,500 meters (0.932 miles), Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon had no expectations of a world-beating time in the 5,000, a distance she had not contested in eight years, but managed to surprise herself. The 29-year-old produced a stunning performance to crush the world 5,000 (3.1 miles) mark…

In potentially Australia’s biggest tribute to Tina Turner, who passed away on May 24, Australians are preparing to set a new world record for the most people dancing the Nutbush, a line dance based on the semi-autobiographical song of the American-born singer. Music festival organisers are hoping to reach 5,000 dancers on July 6 this…

Blake Johnston emerged from the surf at Cronulla Beach exhausted and aching but with a world record to his name. The Sydney local surfed continuously for 40 hours, enduring two days of 30-plus degrees Celcius temperatures to raise money for youth mental health. Johnston said he was “pretty cooked” while briefly returning to the beach…

Kaylee McKeown has smashed the 200m backstroke world record on the opening night of finals at the 2023 New South Wales (NSW) State Open Championships. The 21-year-old from Griffith University in Queensland clocked a time of two minutes 03.14 seconds to clip 0.21 seconds off American Regan Smith’s time set at the 2019 World Championships…

Australia’s most successful Olympian, Emma McKeon, continues to push the boundaries, steering Australia to a relay world record at the world short course championships in Melbourne. McKeon swam the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman with a time of 49.96 seconds. She will start favourite to take Cate Campbell’s 100m freestyle mark of…

A 17-year-old teenage pilot has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a small aircraft. Mack Rutherford, who is aged approximately 17 years and 64 days according to Guinness World Records (GWR), landed in Bulgaria on Aug. 24 following a five-month journey across 52 countries. The teen aviator had departed from the same…

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Hungary’s Kristóf Milák set a world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Milák clocked 1 minute, 50.34 seconds to shave 0.39 seconds off the previous record he set at the last worlds in Gwangju, South Korea on July 24, 2019. Milák finished 3.03 seconds in…

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis broke his own men’s pole vault world record on Monday, soaring 6.19 metres on his third attempt at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in a performance he could only describe as “perfection.” The 22-year-old improved the previous record by one centimetre. Duplantis had already secured the victory in Belgrade before he made the…

Arthur Muir is nonchalant about the record he holds as the oldest American to climb Mount Everest at age 75. He reached the summit of the world’s highest peak on May 23 of this year, not while eying the glory of breaking a record, but rather with the humble yet steady thought of achieving a…

It’s a simple answer to a complicated question, but it works for Zion Clark. Born with no legs, how would Clark live, let alone thrive, when the odds seemingly were so stacked against him? Clark has the answer tattooed on his back, stretching from one shoulder blade to the other—“No Excuses.” “Got it in high…