Florence Meiler holds records for the steeplechase, hurdles, pole vault, high jump, triple jump and pentathlon, per World ...

Tom Black completed the Nashville Half Marathon in 1 hour and 39 minutes, the fastest time of any 7-year-old.

Monsieur Mangetout — that's Mr. Eats Everything in French — is famous for eating a plane, earning the Guinness World Record for world's strangest diet. His record is one of tens of thousands on the ...

Brazil’s Alison dos Santos broke the 400m hurdles world record, running 45.80 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland. Race video is here. Dos Santos broke the world record of 45.94 ...

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ZURICH -- A couple of world records were broken less than 40 minutes apart at the Diamond League on Thursday, with Masai Russell of the United States breaking the women's 100-meter hurdles record and ...

Seven world records in just over a week raises eyebrows. While such feats are not unheard of in track and field, this record-breaking nine-day period was not at an Olympic Games, a World Championships ...

What are the longest-standing world records in each event? Swimming World analyzed the sport’s world-record progressions to present that data, which can be found below. It turns out that several ...

Scientists have sequenced his genome for the first time, hoping the world’s oldest land animal can offer clues into the genetics of longevity. By Monique Brouillette With an Afro that is more than six ...