In October, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile space jump, breaking the world record for the highest altitude skydive.
He sets high standards for himself and was critical of his performance in the 400m freestyle final in Beijing despite winning gold and breaking the world record.
Felix Baumgartner has made history by breaking the world record for the highest-ever skydive, jumping from a balloon more than 39km (128, 000 ft) up in the stratosphere.
Twenty minutes after Yang won China's maiden gold medal, 16-year-old Ye Shiwen triumphed in the women's 400m medley, as well as breaking the world record set in Beijing four years ago.
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He decided to compete in the 200m when he discovered, after breaking the world record for T42 athletes (double amputees with no legs below the knee) in Chicago in 2008, that the marathon was not an official event at the Paralympics.
Only two are allowed to progress into the semi-finals, Marleen Veldhuis, who anchored the relay team to victory on Tuesday showed every sign of breaking the world record in the semi-finals but went out more slowly this time and was well shy of Britta Steffen's mark.
The Mallard, famous for breaking the world speed record for steam traction in 1938, will be pulled by Tornado to the National Railway Museum in Shildon.
Monty succeeded in breaking the Guinness World Record for most costume changes in an 8 hour period.
And of course, your final and perhaps most impressive distinction -- breaking the world's record for the largest game of dodgeball -- (applause) -- 3, 000 participants, 30 hours.
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Kevin and Jonathan will compete in the 600m at the Flanders Indoor Meeting in Ghent on the 13th February and the brothers are confident of breaking the 600m indoor world record.
In 2001, more than 40 million people gathered on the main bathing day at Allahabad, breaking a world record for the biggest human gathering.
Saturday he won the 100-meter dash, breaking his own world record while lollygagging the last 15 meters.
Hutchinson also broke the Supersport lap record twice to add to his world record breaking lap in the feature Superbike race.
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The "Colne Cyclone" has twice been part of a world-record breaking team this year - in the team pursuit final at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne and on Thursday, as part of the Great Britain Olympic team, setting a new world-record time during the men's team pursuit track cycling qualifier.
Thankfully, there have been happier stories that she's been sent to report on for Breakfast - Ellen MacArthur's return after breaking the round-the-world record, when London was given the 2012 Olympics, the heart-warming recovery of Danny Biddle, who nearly died in the July 7 bombings, returning to hospital to thank staff for saving his life.
June was expected to be a quiet time in New York auction houses, a time for the art world to digest the many record-breaking prices set at the May auctions.
The Spaniard claimed his eighth straight title at the tournament, ending a run of seven defeats in finals to the man who replaced him at the top of the world rankings, including January's record-breaking six-hour epic at the Australian Open.
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The 31-year-old former World Player of the Year has made a record-breaking 110 appearances for his country scoring 31 international goals.
The 36-year-old, who runs on blades, won the title in the 200m T42 final, breaking his own world record.
In addition to the premiere auction item, 10 small flasks The Macallan Lalique Bottle auctioned off around the world starting back in April 2010 and culminating in the final record-breaking Lalique decanter sale last night.
According to both groups of researchers, most areas of the world had higher than average temperatures in 2012 while the Arctic experienced a record breaking ice melt.
The chairman of the ODA John Armitt said the velodrome would be a "world-class cycling venue with a record-breaking track for events in 2012 and the legacy of first-class facilities to help create the next generation of Olympic champions".
Australia's Peter Leek won the corresponding men's race, breaking his own world record by five seconds.
Famous for an annual wife-carrying competition, for regular success at the world air-guitar championship and record-breaking hurling of rubber boots and mobile phones, Finland can now claim another accolade: its citizens are reportedly the world's keenest pranksters.
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And yet somehow despite all the obvious pitfalls with true love between an impoverished teenaged human girl and a century old and super rich vampire man, their marriage as soon as she graduates from high school, her life-ending (and vampire beginning) pregnancy, people around the world have paid money in record numbers to see Breaking Dawn Part 2.
Last year, arrivals from western Europe dropped by 3%, despite the attractions of a weaker dollar and a record-breaking year for world tourism.
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The 2010 tournament offers Parreira an opportunity to coach at a record-breaking sixth World Cup.
Dave Moorcroft's time of 13 minutes 00.41 seconds - a world record at the time - has stood since July 1982 and Farah knows breaking 13 minutes is the least he needs to do to be a medal contender at next month's World Championships in Berlin.
The 25 year retained both his 100 and 200 metre titles at London 2012, breaking his own world record in both events.
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