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Paris 2024: Olympic Records that may be broken

The men's 100m sprint record is still held by Usain Bolt (Jamaica)- 9.63 seconds

Martina Hellman (Germany) still holds the World record from the 1988 Olympics for the women's longest Discus throw- 72.30m

Libby Clegg (Great Britain) still holds the record for 100m Sprint (T11 Class), running with a time of 11.91 whilst being registered blind


I want to know what people’s predictions are for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games- which records will be broken, if any? Let me know what you think… :king1:

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The swimmer Lukas Märtens was so close to break the world record when he won the gold medal in 400 m competition.

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Original post by Kallisto
The swimmer Lukas Märtens was so close to break the world record when he won the gold medal in 400 m competition.

The closeness of the swimming is so intense, hundredths of a second between them :zomg:
Original post by PileaP
The closeness of the swimming is so intense, hundredths of a second between them :zomg:


You are right: it is crazy when hundreths of a second decides a win for a medal. So pity that Sarah Wellbrock ended up on 4th place in 100 m competition.

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There have been a few World Records broken so far:

Swimming:

Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) swam the women’s 200-meter freestyle final in 1:53.27, breaking the Olympic record set by Ariarne Titmus at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Léon Marchand (France) swam the men’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:02.95, beating Michael Phelps’ previous Olympic record from the 2008 Beijing Games.

Gretchen Walsh (United States) clocked 55.37 seconds in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, breaking the record set by Sarah Sjöström at the 2016 Rio Games.

The Australian women’s team (Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, and Meg Harris) swam the 4x100 freestyle relay in 3:28.92, breaking their own Olympic record from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Shooting:

Sheng Lihao (China) scored 252 in men’s 10-meter air rifle, beating the previous Olympic record held by William Shaner of the United States from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Oh Ye Jin (South Korea) achieved 243.2 in women’s 10-meter air pistol, breaking the record set by Vitalina Batsarashkina representing the Russian Olympic Committee in 2021.
Any predictions on what's going to be broken next?

The US-mixed runners have set a new world record! just mention it before no one does.
One-man-show in pole vault! The Swedish pole vaulter Duplantis jumped over 6.25m - that is a new world record and number nine for him in total! breathtaking moment and performance!
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Original post by Kallisto
One-man-show in pole vault! The Swedish pole vaulter Duplantis jumped over 6.25m - that is a new world record and number nine for him in total! breathtaking moment and performance!


6.25m is incredible
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Original post by PileaP
6.25m is incredible

And I think that Duplantis best his record again and bet on that he gain 6.30m one day. He competes in his own world.

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It looked like there was still space over the bar, just incredible

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There have been some more world records in the track cycling and sport climbing, has anyone watched any of them?
@PileaP

New world record in discus throw by the Jamaican Roje Stona! exactly 70 meters for making history, what a man!

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Not sure if I'm right in thinking it's the first gold Jamaica have ever got in a throwing event?
Original post by PileaP
Not sure if I'm right in thinking it's the first gold Jamaica have ever got in a throwing event?


I can't remember too.

New world record in 400m hurdles! this is a crazy competition. Definitely the games for making history. And McLaughin-Levrone is a part of it now!

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In the spoiler I've posted a full list of the Olympic records that were broken at the Paris 2024 Olympic games :king1: My personal favourites to watch were Arshad Nadeem's (Pakistan) javelin throw and Roje Stona (Jamaica) men’s discus throw 70.00m. Interested to hear what everyone else enjoyed

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