Usain Bolt: The man whose name sounds preordained by the Gods, a real-life superman, the greatest sprint showman that ever lived, the world-record holder and the newly crowned double Olympic champion.
The current record-holder for current, as it were, is SuperPower, a firm based in Schenectady, New York.
"Emotionally it kicks you in the guts, " said the world record-holder who has now failed three times to win an Olympic medal of any colour.
The previous record-holder in terms of aggregate market-cap was Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) which hit its all-time high on December 30, 1999 at the height of the technology bubble.
It was almost an afterthought that Eaton, already the indoor world-record holder in the heptathlon, broke Dan O'Brien's 20-year-old American record of 8, 891 points.
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.
Porter Hall, an Alabamian who has spent his life on the quest, is building a 25-acre lake in Mississippi, in which he plans to grow the next world record-holder.
Lochte, the world-record holder, went 1:54.9, followed by Hungary's Laszlo Cseh in 1:56.22.
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.
The multi world-record holder has endeared himself to his home nation both in and away from the pool since he first made an impact at the 1998 World Championships.
Priority Sports was announced today in Nike Town, London, replete with the likes of marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe ready to talk up the new service which lands in August.
But he has been surpassed by Rafael Nadal on the list of all-time Masters Series titles after the Spaniard won in Rome to match record-holder Andre Agassi on 17.
Earlier in the day, marathon world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie, 35, will hope to triumph in the Great Manchester Run, an event which he won in 2005 in a then-record time of 27 minutes 25 seconds.
SXDF-NB1006-2 replaces the previous record holder for farthest galaxy known, GN-108036, which was also found by Subaru and was just slightly closer to us.
Perhaps in a few years after the record-breaking perennial title holder Tony McCoy has hung up his whip.
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.
In the 30th running of the event, run in cool, overcast conditions, the half marathon world record-holder finished 1:50 ahead of Kimutai with Morocco's Jaouad Gharib third.
Much has been made of the fact Twell was quicker than the future marathon world record-holder over 3, 000m at 17, but by 18 their paths had already diverged, with Radcliffe's focus on the longer distances starting to tell.
Wilkinson extended his world-record points tally to 1, 119 with a penalty after 15 minutes, while All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina had a try ruled out by the video referee before Carter overtook Andrew Mehrtens as the Kiwis' overall record-holder with another kick seven minutes later.
"How dare someone attack sport and humanity in this way -- we are not going to be cowed, " added the 39-year-old Radcliffe, who is the world marathon record holder.
Whitehead, who was born with no legs below the knee, is the record holder in the 200m, half-marathon and marathon for double amputees.
In Oakland, the current record holder for super-quick sales, prices wee up 31 percent.
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In the past, the organization has arranged for a rice cooker in the room of marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe.
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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In this year's U.S. Olympic trials, Dathan Ritzenhein, the two-time Olympian and 5k American record holder, was eliminated from the marathon team because of leg cramps.
But the biggest gamble is surely the dropping of Paterson, Scotland's record cap holder and arguably the most consistent points-kicker in world rugby.
Reno informs us that, as a young girl, she loved the celebrated land-speed-record holder, Flip Farmer.
The 40-year-old former bricklayer from Morecambe is the outright lap record holder at the TT races and is the second most successful rider in the event's history.
Dayron Robles, the world record holder, pulled up mid-race with what appeared to be a hamstring pull.
As it moves onto 1, 000 screens across the U.S. this weekend from 650, "Life" becomes the first foreign-language movie to hit that mark, easily passing the previous record holder, "Il Postino, " which played on roughly 400 screens.
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