The Easiest World Record that No One Can Break

this extraordinary world record was set effortlessly unexpectedly and purely by accident yet it has withstood almost 40 years of violent attacks from the world's best athletes surprisingly it is still standing in 1983 three weeks before the inaugural athletics world championships giarmilla cradochilova found herself in the best form of her life after setting the national record at the 400 meters of 48.45 seconds she planned a speed test at a meet in munich where she wanted to improve her 200 meter personal best but a painful cramp in her leg a day before the flight made a significant change not only in her world championship preparation but athletics history the next day as the leg pain persisted kratoch vilova faced an obvious decision of withdrawing from the competition to avoid the risk of a more severe injury however for an athlete from the eastern bloc skipping a competition could have been interpreted by communist high rank officials as a sign of bad sportsmanship which in turn could lead to undesirable consequences for the athlete supported by her coach she decided to run 800 meters just to complete the distance without an injury when the gun went off kratoch vilova did not rush through the curve as most runners usually do held back by the injury she smoothly picked up her cruising speed and patiently followed the race leaders at the 350 meter mark with her rival slowing down she finally took the lead going through the bell in a comfortable 56.8 seconds flying further over the track without anyone to keep her company she passed each following 100 meter segment progressively faster only coming on to the home stretch as the crowd noise was getting very loud she realized that her pace might be good for breaking the world record in fact with 100 meters to go she was almost a second behind but with a stunning sprint over the final straightaway she closed the gap 10 meters before the finish line completing the race in 1 minute 53.28 seconds no one could have known at that time that the result was so blistering that it was destined to become track and field's longest standing outdoor world record ever since charmela kradok vilova has been dogged by accusations of doping even though she never failed a drug test since the collapse of communism many documents have emerged proving the state-sponsored doping programs for high-profile athletes from the eastern bloc countries however no evidence was found to link kratogfilova to any banned substances but that never convinced skeptics in criticizing the world record they don't consider the key factors that made the record possible speed reserve and race pacing provoked by the injury kratok villova made smooth and gradual acceleration which led her to run an evenly paced first lap at a very low metabolic cost her perfect relaxation during the race combined with a huge speed reserve allowed her to execute an unprecedented acceleration lasting the full final lap although it's widely considered that the best times at 800 meters are not achieved in a negative split this record's longevity convincingly proves the opposite

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Length: 3min 43sec (223 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 26 2021