Records are meant to be broken — sometimes in quick succession.

Auburn junior Ja’Kobe Tharp broke the world record in the 110-meter hurdles at 12.75 seconds Wednesday in the semifinal round on Day 1 of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships

A Texas teen is strutting into the Guinness World Records as both the woman and the teenager with the world’s longest legs. Maci Currin is 17 years old and stands at 6 feet, 10 inches. In fact, her legs make up 60 percent of her total height, according to Guinness.

Many names could make history as there are 9 World Cup records that could be broken in the 2026 edition. Some of the greatest players in the history of the sport have left a major mark on the World Cup since it began.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe will be hunting World Cup records in 2026, but some are genuinely unbreakable.

In his first race in three years, 61-year-old Mohammed El Yamani of France shattered the world record for the men’s 60-64 age group category with a stunning 2:28:28 at the Seville Marathon. The previous record was 2:30:02, set by Irish Olympian Tommy ...

Wilcox, 39, circumnavigated the Earth in 108 days in 2024, setting the women’s record for quickest bike trip around the world. On Sunday, she plans to set out again from Chicago, and if all goes according to plan she will finish in the same city on Aug. 24 after 78 days, breaking the record set by Mark Beaumont of Britain in 2017 by a half day.

Gretchen Walsh returned to the pool where she broke the 100m butterfly record twice in one day a year ago ... and lowered the record again. Walsh clocked 54.33 seconds at the Fort Lauderdale Open, breaking the world record of 54.

As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse. It grieved me to eventually learn that he was a fiction ...

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