Gold medalist Wen Xiaoyan of China poses for photos with the time board after winning Women's 100m T37 Final and breaking the world record at the Para Athletics World Championships held in Kobe, Japan, May 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu) KOBE, Japan, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese para-at...
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Three-and-a-half decades after the women's 100m world record was set, could this be the year it's finally broken? Read more to find out.
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BUDAPEST, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse shattered women's 100m backstroke world record at 58.10 seconds en route to her victory at the 17th FINA World Championships here on Tuesday. The previous record of 58.12 seconds was set by Gemma Spofforth of Britain in Rome in 2009...
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HANGZHOU, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese sprinters Xie Zhenye and Ge Manqi claimed the highly-anticipated men's and women's 100m gold medals respectively, while DPR Korean weightlifters Ri Song Gum and Kang Hyong Yong combined to break five world records in the women's 49kg and 55kg div...
Zhang Yufei of China claimed the silver medal in 55.64 seconds, only 0.05 seconds behind gold medalist Margaret Macneil of Canada, in the women's 100m butterfly final Monday. "I am very happy. I learned a lot. I was very nervous this morning because this year has been my first world-...
"The new world record is a miracle. It's a slap on the face of those who cast doubts on the Chinese swimming team," said one Weibo user. Earlier on Wednesday, Chinese divers Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan underlined China's dominance in diving, by winning the women's synchronized 10m pla...
The women's 100m World Record has had this evolution (the more recent records are listed first).Time (seconds)AthleteNationalityDate 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA July 16, 1988 10.76 Evelyn Ashford USA August 22, 1984 10.79 Evelyn Ashford USA July 3, 1983 10.81 Marlies Göhr East ...