Dayron Robles’ world record in the 110-meter hurdles took the focus Usain Bolt’s bid to increase his status as the world’s fastest man at the Golden Spike meet on Thursday night.Robles, 21-year-old a runner, reduced the world record in a hundredth, since the record was in the hands of Chinese Liu Xiang since July 11, 2006 in Switzerland.Robles clocked 12.87 seconds, taking 0.01 seconds off the previous mark set by China’s Olympic and world champion Liu Xiang in 2006 at Lausanne. Robles was well clear of the field, beating Terrence Trammell of the United States into second place at 13.21 and Ukraine’s Sergey Demiduk into third in 13.42.The 21-year-old Robles, born in Cuba’s eastern province of Guantanamo, just missed the podium by finishing fourth at the world championships last year and does not have a major international medal. But now he appears to be one of Cuba’s best hopes for the Beijing Olympics.

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Welcome to the world of lunatics and masochists - that’s what it says when you visit the “About” page on the official site of Le Marathon des Sables. And I don’t think they’re just saying that, I think they mean it. After all we are talking about 243 km of desert over a period of 6 days. That’s 5 and a half normal marathons of running through the sand, with a backpack on, in a temperature of over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Tough Guy is a traditional English challenge, in which the participants have to use every ounce of their energy just to get to the finish line. to give you an idea of how tough this event is, the promoters say that the US S.E.A.L.S. “Grinder” Assault Course is the only thing that barely comes close in terms of difficulty.

Here are some photos taken during the Tough Guy race
 
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Now this guys must have balls the size of watermelons!

Famous Austrian climber and photographer,Heinz Zak threw an incredible highline performance on May 3rd, walking on a string for a full 30 meters, between two giant sandstone towers, in the Czech Republic, the Starosta and Starostova (Mayor and Lady Mayor). Just a few days before this stunt, Zak had an impressive highline performance between two stone towers in Germany. This guy is amazing!

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One of the most unusual, yet beautiful bridges I’ve ever seen.

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05/07 2008 : Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch relay in Shenzhen. Here you can see how many people there in China.

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Shaolin Kongfu in China
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Zewdie’s time was 34 seconds slower than the world 5K road record set in Carlsbad by Kenya’s Sammy Kipketer in 2000Allen Webb, the new America mile record holder, came to town with the hopes of besting the America 5K mark of 13:24 set by San Diego local Marc Davis in 1976 on the same course. …click here to read more

Impossibility Challenger Games in Germany

Jewgenij Kuschnow of Austria poses for photographers while he sets a World Record in doing the splits between two cars for 36.48 seconds along during the Impossibility Challenger in Dachau, about 15 kilometres north of Munich March 30, 2008. The fourteenth annual Impossibility Challenge, where competitors attempt to break or make new World Records in unconventional and unusual disciplines, was held on Sunday …click here to read more