sports
The two-hour marathon is done
World-firsts still up for grabs include swimming the Pacific, leaping 9 metres and holding your breath for 30 minutes
TL;DR
- Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha have broken the two-hour marathon record in race conditions.
- Benoît Lecomte attempted to swim the Pacific Ocean but was forced to abandon the journey due to boat damage.
- Mike Powell's 1991 world record long jump of 8.95 meters has not been surpassed.
- Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100m and 200m records from 1988 remain unbeaten.
- Vitomir Maričić came close to a 30-minute breath hold, achieving 29 minutes and 3 seconds.
- Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with climbing banned since 1994.