World Records : The unthinkable achievements
Since their start, the Olympic Games registered sportive achievements, made by athletes in their predilection domains. So, every
time a new record is set by an athlete, he gets the new world record in the discipline, and he is considered as the most performant athlete
in the world in his discipline. Usually, some records are surpassed every organized Olympic Game.
Some records are more known than others, depending on the athmete who made them, or the apreciation the public has for the sport in question.
In the most known records, it is interesting to note the one Usain Bolt got with the 100 meters in athletism, in 2012. During his race, the famous jamaican runner beats the previous record, with a time of 9.63s. He then pushes his carrier even more forwards, and becomes a world champion.
Furthermore, we can talk about the feminine record in the 100m free swimming. This discipline's record is set at 51.71s by the swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström. It is during Fukuoka's world championships that she sets her world record, and writes her name in the history of feminine sports.