Women's Pole Vault Provides Stirring Drama at Olympics

By Parke Brewer The women's pole vault provided one of the stirring dramas of the 2004 Olympic track and field competition. Until the mid 1990s, women's pole vault was not taken very seriously, mainly

U.N. Asks for Record $22 Billion to Aid World's Needy

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SCIENCE REPORT - World's Oldest Man

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south Korean speed skater Lee sets new world record in 500m

CALGARY, Canada, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa established herself as the fastest woman on skates Sunday when she set a new world record in the 500 meters at the Essent ISU World Cup speed skating event in Alberta. In a field that fe

Chow's "Odyssey" to break Chinese box office record

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Chow's fantasy comedy Odyssey is poised to become the highest grossing domestic film in China. It has earned 1 billion yuan (159 million U.S. dollars) in just half a month, becoming one of only two domestic films

Kenian Makau sets new world record at Berlin Marathon

BERLIN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan Patrick Makau sets a new world record at the 38th Berlin Marathon when he pulverized the former record by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie with 2:03:38 on 42,195 km on Sunday. With perfect conditions Makau was able to

Kenya's Mutai, Kabuu stake claim to lucrative Ras half marathon

NAIROBI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Berlin marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Dubai marathon silver medalist Lucy Kabuu will headline the elite field at this year's RAK Half-Marathon in the United Arab Emirates. The event, seventh edition, which will be r

VOA标准英语2008年-Swimming Records Annihilated at Beijing's Water

American swimming great Michael Phelps remains on track to win an unprecedented eight gold medals at a single Olympics. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at China's National Aquatic Center as Phelps relied on three other teammates Monday to win a thrilling re

Liu Xiang leads China's medal charge in London

BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Four years after a lackluster performance with only two bronzes earned in Beijing Games, the Chinese track and field team, spearheaded by star hurdler Liu Xiang, is pinning medal hopes on eight events in London Olympics. U

VOA标准英语2008年-Phelps Wins Record-tying 7th Olympic Gold

American Michael Phelps has tied legendary swimmer Mark Spitz's Olympic Gold record, winning his seventh gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Phelps has been winning by world record times in all of his events. His latest time was only an Olympic reco

Usain Bolt's record by the numbers

Usain's Bolt's epic run on Sunday night to lower the 100m world record to its current mark of 9.58 seconds is even more impressive when you look further into the statistics（统计）. If he could maintain that speed over the whole 100m, with a flying

What's the world's record for the longest time spent by some

What's the world's record for the longest time spent by someone in full body contact in ice? 世界上全身接触冰时间最长的记录是多少？ Warm hands, cold heart? 温暖的手，冷酷的心 Yvonne:Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer, this is '6 Minute English' - and thanks t

Bolt nails 200m win in year's best time at Bislett

OSLO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt ran the year's fastest time of 19.86 seconds to grab the men's 200m title at the Bislett Games here on Thursday in rainy conditions. Bolt delighted the crowd at Oslo's premiere athletics stadium with his usual pre-

Kenya's Tergat refutes doping claims among athletes

NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former world marathon record holder, Paul Tergat, claimed on Monday that doping among Kenyan runners is isolated as opposed to being the widespread problem as alleged. He subsequently called for accusations levelled again

Ronaldinho: Neymar will surpass Messi as world's best

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Ronaldinho says his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi will one day be overtaken as the world's best player by Brazil starlet Neymar. Ronaldinho said he expected Messi to win the Ballon d'Or for a record fourth

Jamaica breaks men's 4x100m relay world record for gold medal

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds to win the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay Saturday at the London Olympic Games. Jamaica broke their old record of 37.04, which they set in 2011, to defend the title the

Zhang wins China's first ever men's gold at swimming world

ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships. Zhang powered home in seven minutes, 32.

Burgh sets world record in men's 100m breaststroke

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh obliterated the world mark and won the men's 100m breaststroke gold medal at the London Olympics on Sunday. Burgh posted 58.46 seconds to wipe out the previous world record set by Austr

Canadian Maltais sets new world mark at women's short track 1,000m

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Cuba's Robles not to race against Liu Xiang

SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Olympic and world champion Dayron Robles will not race against local hero Liu Xiang at a May 23 meet in Shanghai, according to the name list announced by organizers. Jamaican（牙买加） sprint king Usain Bolt will hea