Martin is a good bet for podium finishes for the AIM team while Manx-based Welshman Griffiths is a former lap record holder and a course specialist.
Four track meets and six races later, Robinson was an Olympic champion and a joint world record-holder.
The 39-year-old is a former marathon world record holder and has two Olympic 10, 000 metres silver medals in addition to five world cross country titles.
The ATP Champions Tour roster now reads like a who's who of tennis with former grand slam all-time record holder Pete Sampras a recent addition, plus the likes of Goran Ivanisevic, Stefan Edberg, Richard Krajicek and Open Court's own Pat Cash.
Joey Chestnut is the current record holder with a whopping 68 hot dogs and buns.
Her husband, who was born in the United States, is a former Italian pole vault record holder.
The court heard Cook was an uninsured provisional licence holder with a record of driving while disqualified and uninsured.
Already the holder of a record 39 centuries in 151 Tests, Tendulkar hit the landmark runs off Peter Siddle.
His co-driver, Tracy, is a Guinness Book of World Record holder for completing the Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare at the 2012 X Games.
Lu and a previous pi-memorizing record holder, Hideaki Tomoyori, who recited 40, 000 digits of pi, have said they linked words or images to groups of two, three or four numbers.
It's certainly more elaborate than the previously claimed record holder, and a lot more official.
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"I am furious, " the world record holder said after a miscommunication with his coach caused him to change lanes at the wrong time.
On a cold, rainy afternoon, the American-record holder eased to victory in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.02 seconds into a headwind Saturday.
"Bob the Carrot, " finished the London marathon in 3 hours, 34 minutes and 55 seconds while wearing a carrot suit, flying by the guy in the rutabaga outift, and becoming the record holder for the fastest marathon run in a vegetable costume.
The world record holder has not competed in a marathon since she won at the World Championships in August 2005.
But the new find is a planet just a third the size of that recent record-holder, smaller even than our Solar System's smallest planet, Mercury.
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Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie can run a mile in an astonishing four minutes, 45 seconds, and repeat the performance 26 times in a row.
But it was a disastrous day for Britain's world record holder and race favorite Radcliffe, who pulled up in tears just after 35 kilometers (22 miles) when lying third, apparently suffering from a leg injury.
Perhaps in a few years after the record-breaking perennial title holder Tony McCoy has hung up his whip.
"The United Kingdom has an unbelievable story of athletics (feats) and I can't believe we are talking about such a thing, " added the world pole vault record holder, who was speaking at an IAAF council meeting.
In the past, the organization has arranged for a rice cooker in the room of marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe.
Not content with being the record holder for the longest space flight by a female, Williams wants to compete in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon next month.
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Before Dibaba, the great Kenenisa Bekele -- a three-time Olympic champion and double world record-holder in the 5, 000 and 10, 000m -- was the most famous product of the area.
Ireland's record cap holder Malcolm O'Kelly will have a chance to extend his haul of 91 appearances as he has been named on the bench.
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Ian Thorpe and world record holder Pieter van den Hoogenband are set for a classic confrontation in the 100 meters freestyle final on Wednesday with the Australian seeking to pull off an unprecedented 100m, 200m and 400m Olympic treble.
Reno informs us that, as a young girl, she loved the celebrated land-speed-record holder, Flip Farmer.
On a dramatic day for Britain's athletes, new national indoor record-holder Kate Dennison jumped an impressive 4.35m in the pole vault final but needed to break another GB record to progress and had to settle for sixth position.
But the marathon world-record holder, 37, surged clear at halfway to win by a huge margin from Kenya's Kiplimo Kimutai in a time of 59:33.
It was his first cap and he was up against someone who is now the record back cap holder for Scotland, but I thought Jamie did a great job.
Dayron Robles, the world record holder, pulled up mid-race with what appeared to be a hamstring pull.
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