Athletics Oldest World Record Has Gone

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newusername said:
"out of competition" used to be a euphemism for doped to the gills.

Let's see what happens to records in the https://enhanced.org games
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Good podcast in which D'Souza, the man behind these games, gets savaged by Mark Chapman

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It was apparently in a low profile event in the US - subject to ratification.

The guy's dad held the second longest throw of all time - now the third longest.
 

Does that mean this is now the oldest world record in athletics ? 1995.
If so we'll done Jonathan Edwards!
 
WindyNook said:

Does that mean this is now the oldest world record in athletics ? 1995.
If so well done Jonathan Edwards!
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No far from it. As mentioned above the women’s world discus record goes back to 1988 and I think the women’s world 100 m record was last broken in 1988 too albeit in suspicious circumstances. The men’s world long jump record was set by Mike Powell in 1991.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
No far from it. As mentioned above the women’s world discus record goes back to 1988 and I think the women’s world 100 m record was last broken in 1988 too albeit in suspicious circumstances. The men’s world long jump record was set by Mike Powell in 1991.
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Very suspicious. Flo Jo with the 100m record: even Marion Jones with chemical assistance couldn't beat it.
 
FlapJacks said:
Very suspicious. Flo Jo with the 100m record: even Marion Jones with chemical assistance couldn't beat it.
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Flo Jo paid a high price for this though.

I remember a meeting at Gateshead, late 80s and Flo Jo and Ed Moses were there. After the event loads of kids (me included) were waiting for a chance of autograph. Flo Jo got into a car behind locked gates and was sped through the crowd, where as Moses spent ages talking and signing autographs. The difference in their attitudes was incredible.
 
I remember Sebastian Coe's 800m record stood for 16 yrs. He set it over 40 yrs ago and I think only two people have ran faster times since.
That distance is mental btw. Pretty much a full on sprint for 2 full laps.
 
Rofesleg said:
I remember Sebastian Coe's 800m record stood for 16 yrs. He set it over 40 yrs ago and I think only two people have ran faster times since.
That distance is mental btw. Pretty much a full on sprint for 2 full laps.
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Indeed ... and Kratochvilova's women's 800m record was set in 1983 is and was, as far as I know, the longest standing outdoor T&F record.

Not many have got close since.

Coe may not have been "clean" in the modern sense of the word but, at the time, legal.

Funnily enough I have known and watched Max Burgin since he was 8 years old. He holds the fastest recent UK 800m time and is 4th on the all time list. To watch him running at race pace is phenomenal ...as you say, basically sprinting. Running 8 x 13 second 100ms back to back.

He wryly observes that he is only the 3rd fastest Yorkshireman (behind Coe and Peter Elliott).
 
Re. Jonathan Edwards. My coaching mentor used to measure out Edwards winning distance just to show young junior athletes how incredible it was.

It looks completely unfeasible.
 
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