Wesley Stevenson
speaker
1,470 appearances
54 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard May 2015
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As Ross Tucker says, it's unlikely they'll ever be broken.
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Florence Griffiths Joyner, who was dogged by allegations of doping up until her premature death at the age of 38, her 100 metre record is 10.49.
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The closest anyone has got to that in the 24 years since is 10.64 seconds, which is a huge gap in sprinting terms.
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Yes, it's more than three tenths of a second faster than the current fastest time set by Alison Felix last month.
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That was a time of 21.69 seconds.
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The 400 and 800 metre records are equally as remarkable in terms of how far ahead they are of the current athletes' performances.
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I mean, both are held by Eastern Europeans who were competing in the 1980s, although neither tested positive for drugs and both have denied doping allegations.
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The 1500 metres is interesting too.
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This record is held by a Chinese athlete who was coached by the controversial Chinese coach Ma Junren.
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If you compare the record to the nearest non-controversial time, the Chinese runner is five seconds ahead.
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Other athletes Ma coached were banned in the 1990s after positive drugs tests, although not this particular record holder.
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Another Chinese athlete from this era, Wang Junjiai, also holds the 3,000 metres and 10,000 metres records.
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And again, they're a long way ahead of the current athlete's performances too.
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Although again, she's always denied using drugs.
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So at first, no-one was dominating, so through the butterfly and the backstroke stages.
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Slammed the door, she was that far ahead.
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And then two lengths to go.
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Two lengths to go.
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As the competitors started swimming freestyle, it looked like this happened.
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It was extraordinary.
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