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Marathon – records and interesting data
new.beijing-marathon.com Marathon races were first held in 1896, but the distance was not standardized by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) until 1921.
The actual distance for pre-1921 races frequently varied slightly from the present figure of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards).
The first two modern marathons winners were Greek runners Charilaos Vasilakos (3:18:00) and Ioannis Lavrentis (3:11:27), in...
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What music do world athletes like to listen to before competing
(c) ultimate-guitar.com Music is not only good for the soul. It’s also good for the mind and body. It can get you in the right frame of mind before racing, competing or just exercising. It helps you gain confidence, lower the level of stress and improve your performance. To put in a nutshell, music makes you feel better :).
That...
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Inspired by the greatest champions
You go to daily trainings, you fight, you lose, you win – sport is a carousel of emotions, trials, efforts and ambition.
When the battle is hard, you seek motivation in the stories of the best, the ones who never stopped believing in their dreams.
Here are some memorable quotes for you:
Muhammad Ali “Champions aren’t made in gyms....
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Interesting football records
Football (soccer), the king of sports, is always amazing and, more than that, always fabulous for its fans, captivating them year by year.
So we gathered below some fun and impressive facts for all football enthusiasts:
Most career goals: The most goals scored in a specified period is 1,279 by Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazil), known as Pelé, from 1956 to 1977 in 1,363 games.
Five new sports with a raising popularity
Five new sports with a raising popularity
In recent years, many new sports emerged, either derived from other conventional sports or totally new.
Their creativity and people’s curiosity and open-mindedness made these sports more and more popular, and, in the future years, they are very likely to become mainstream sports.
- Earthingis a new sportcreated by Mark Aaron Saus, which combines running and swimming. It is not a...
