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Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
Jarmila Kratochvílová ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈjarmɪla ˈkratoxviːlovaː] ⓘ; born 26 January 1951 in Golčův Jeníkov) [ 1] is a Czechoslovak former track and field athlete. [ 2] She won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships, setting a world record in the 400 m. [ 3]
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve Anti-Cheat ...
In what's now become a viral trend, dozens of people online are posting videos of times when their various athletic endeavors have gone awry, joking it's “Why I didn’t make it to the Olympics ...
Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team.. Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle on 25 August 2009, driven by Charles Burnett III with an average speed of 139.8 mph (225 km/h) over two consecutive runs over a measured mile.
Timeline of steam power. Steam power developed slowly over a period of several hundred years, progressing through expensive and fairly limited devices in the early 17th century, to useful pumps for mining in 1700, and then to Watt's improved steam engine designs in the late 18th century. It is these later designs, introduced just when the need ...
The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1] As of June 21, 2011, 23 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 2] "y" denotes time for 880 yards (804.68 m) ratified as a record for the 800 m.
The motorcycle land-speed record is the fastest speed achieved by a motorcycle on land. It is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length, averaged over two runs in opposite directions. AMA National Land Speed Records requires two passes the same calendar day in opposite directions over a timed mile/kilometre while FIM Land Speed ...