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world record stories: 32 news summaries

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 IAAF Denies It 
 OK'd Gold 
 Medal for 
 Semenya 

Talks continuing in gender controversy

Nov 20, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Foundation is denying claims by the South African government that it decided to allow runner Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal in the wake of questions about her gender. South African officials announced yesterday that Semenya has been cleared of "wrongdoing" and would... More »

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gender • race • Berlin • world record • IAAF • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

Phelps to Competition: 
Lose the Speed Suits

Swimmer challenges others to switch before ban takes effect

Oct 15, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps challenged his competitors at the upcoming FINA/Arena World Cup meets to race without the full-body technical suits recently banned by swimming authorities for providing an unfair advantage in speed. The ban doesn’t go into effect until January, but Phelps said he was “getting ready for where... More »

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sports • Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • swimsuit

WHAT HOUSING BUST?

 World's Priciest Apartment 
 Sells for $56M 

Hong Kong duplex goes to mainland Chinese buyer

Oct 15, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mainland Chinese buyer has purchased the most expensive apartment in the world, a duplex at the top of a Hong Kong highrise selling for $56.6 million. Hong Kong exited recession in the second quarter and its property market has rebounded strongly, although with prices up 30% this year... More »

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China • real estate • Hong Kong • world record • property • apartment

(AP) - Michael Phelps and the US 400-meter medley relay team closed the fastest meet in swimming history with an appropriate finish Sunday night in Rome—the 43rd world record. Phelps earned his fifth gold medal of a world championship that showed he's still got plenty of motivation, even after scoring a... More »

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Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • Olympics

(Newser) - Michael Phelps today rebounded from yesterday's stunning loss by shattering his own world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the FINA World Championships in Rome, ABC News reports. Phelps achieved the feat without a full-body suit, wearing only an ankle-to-waist version. In his loss yesterday, he lost to a swimmer... More »

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Michael Phelps • Rome • world record • swimming • World Championships • FINA • butterfly • 200-meter

Calif. Teen Finishes Record Round-the-World Sail

Zac Sunderland, 17, breaks record for youngest person to sail around the world

Jul 16, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zac Sunderland, 17, returned to Los Angeles today, completing a 13-month journey and earning the title of youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate the globe, the Times reports. Sunderland, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was greeted by cheering crowds aboard yachts and sailboats. He traveled 25,000 miles, crossing three oceans and... More »

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world record • sailing • world • yachts • teenager • boating • Zac Sunderland • Mike Perham

 Swimsuits Banned, 
 Records Questioned 

Cutting-edge swimwear adds array of advantages

May 20, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - After more than 100 records were broken in the past year and a half, the international swimming federation has put 348 high-tech swimsuits under the microscope—banning 10 of them and requiring modifications to another 136, the New York Times reports. The suits can increase buoyancy, squeeze the body into... More »

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Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

 Where's Waldo? 
 In the Record Book 

University smashes previous record for Waldo gathering

Apr 3, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rutgers University has broken a Guinness World Record by packing a theater with 1,052 students and faculty members dressed in red-striped shirts in an homage to the Where’s Waldo books, the Daily Targum reports. The group was almost twice the size of the crowd of 577 that previously... More »

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Rutgers • world record • charity • record • Guinness World Records • Guinness World Record • Where's Waldo

 At 22.3 Inches, 
 Insect Is 
 World's 
 Longest 

Just-discovered Phobaeticus chani roams the Borneo jungle, looking twiggy

Oct 17, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A stick insect called Phobaeticus chani has claimed the distinction of world's longest insect, beating out its nearest competitor by an inch, the Independent reports. Named after the amateur naturalist who brought it to scientists' attention, the bug measures 22.3 inches with its legs outstretched. A treetop rainforest dweller,... More »

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rainforest • world record • species • insects • Borneo

 World's Most Obese Man to Wed 

Fianceé helped Uribe trim 550 lbs. off record weight of 1,230

Oct 2, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manuel Uribe, once the world's heaviest man, is being swept away to the chapel—quite literally. The 43-year-old will be towed through the streets to his Oct. 26 wedding in Monterrey, Mexico, on a customized bed, reports the AP. More »

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obesity • Mexico • world record • wedding • obese • Manuel Uribe

 Hiker May Have Found 
 Fossett's Belongings 

ID card of long-missing aviator turns up in Calif. mountains

Oct 1, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The search for aviator Steve Fossett is on again after a hiker found his ID card near an eastern California lake yesterday, KNBC-TV reports. The identification and other items seemed to have been dropped there, possibly by an animal, the hiker says, adding that he was "way, way, off... More »

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California • world record • disappearance • Steve Fossett • aviator • Minaret Lake

 Stunt Could Leave
 Magician Blind,
 Doc Says 

60-hours upside-down could endanger Blaine's sight

Sep 22, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(AP) - When David Blaine hangs upside-down above New York's Central Park for 60 hours next week, he'll run the risk of going blind, says a vascular surgeon advising the celebrity magician on the stunt. Lengthy inversion increases blood pressure in the head, especially in the eyes, which can result in blindness,... More »

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New York City • world record • blindness • stunts • David Blaine • Massimo Napolitano

 Bolt Claims 3rd Gold, Record


Aug 22, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records today, an unprecedented Olympic feat. With his giant strides, he ran a lighting final bend that set anchor Asafa Powell on the way to a record 37.10 seconds in the 4x100 meters, chopping a massive .30 off... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • gold medal • Usain Bolt

 Spitz Starts Life
 as Second-Greatest

1972 Olympic champ stays gracious after record falls to Phelps

Aug 21, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Outspoken and prickly in the best of times, Mark Spitz is slowly adjusting to being the second-greatest Olympian of all time, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mustering a little grace for the occasion, Spitz says he's relieved at the downgrade. "He's got the burden of inspiring the youth as... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Olympians • USA Swimming • Mark Spitz

Phelps Pulls a Spitz on Sports Illustrated Cover

Swimmer mimics iconic shot of Olympian whose record he broke

Aug 19, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps now has "the picture" to match his record Olympic medal haul, the New York Daily News reports. Sports Illustrated features a grinning, medal-clad, bare-chested Phelps on the cover of its issue out tomorrow, a shot that mimics the mag's iconic 1972 photo of Mark Spitz. "This... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • Sports Illustrated • Mark Spitz

OPINION

 How Phelps Saved the Games

Swimmer inspired America to love the games again

Aug 18, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the Chinese invented organized sports 6,000 years ago, writes Pat Forde on ESPN.com, then how appropriate that Michael Phelps came to Beijing to prove he was “the apotheosis of the athlete.” And America knows it. In a year when the Olympics had become “passe,... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal • USA Swimming • Mark Spitz

Bolt: 'A Sprinting Prodigy From Another Planet'

Usain Bolt is a delightful mystery

Aug 17, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world, ever, yesterday—without even appearing to try. “His run was mind-boggling. Freakish. Revolutionary,” writes Joe Posnanski in the Kansas City Star. “He coasted his last seven strides, and all day he’d only eaten chicken nuggets, and his... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • 100 meter dash • Usain Bolt

olympics

 Phelps Ties Spitz With 7 Golds 


Aug 15, 08 9:41 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by the thinnest of margins to win the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, tying Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics. Phelps, seemingly destined for second at the finish, somehow touched the wall first, a scant .01 seconds ahead of Cavic.... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

Are Swimmers or Technology Swamping Speed Records?

Cascade of new world records sparks debate

Aug 12, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swimming world records are going under so fast at this Olympics that some officials are questioning what's going on, the New York Times writes. Ten records have fallen in Beijing so far—four in the space of 80 minutes yesterday—causing controversy over concerns that advances in swimsuit and pool... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • USA Swimming

OLYMPICS

 Phelps Nails
 3rd Gold,
 New Record

Swimmer smashes 200-meter freestyle record, matches Spitz in career medals

Aug 12, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps racked a third gold medal today, this one in the 200-meter freestyle, and obliterated another world record in the process. His time of 1:42.96 seconds shaved nearly a full second off his previous best, reports the Baltimore Sun. The gold, his ninth overall, ties him with... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • gold medal

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