French woman breaks world rope climbing record with Eiffel Tower climb
Anouk Garnier climbed 110 metres to second floor in 18 minutes to raise money for cancer support
February 2024
Three things
Three things with kayaker Bonnie Hancock: ‘At sea for three weeks, that jacket was with me’
In our weekly interview about objects, the world record-breaking paddler tells us about an iten lost at sea – and a shell that tells a story
January 2024
Cold case: police stop London Marathon runner training with fridge on back
Daniel Fairbrother is attempting to break world record for fastest marathon while carrying white goods
September 2023
Gudaf Tsegay breaks women's 5000m world record by nearly five seconds – video
Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay breaks 5,000m world record by nearly five seconds
August 2023
The amazing world of sport
Jaan Roose crosses slackline 185m off the ground in Qatar – video
The slackline was 150m long and was 185m off the ground
November 2022
Angler lands one of world’s largest goldfish in French lake
Andy Hackett catches the Carrot, elusive 30kg leather carp-koi hybrid released into fishing lake 20 years ago
October 2022
‘Plenty of chocolate bars’: first woman swims from Land’s End to John o’Groats
Jasmine Harrison, 23, encountered a shark, whale, thousands of jellyfish and gunfire on 900-mile swim
June 2022
Japanese man, 83, becomes oldest person to sail solo non-stop across Pacific
Yachtsman Kenichi Horie repeats trick after becoming first person to successfully take on feat in 1962
May 2022
Man seeks to break world record for most bungee jumps in 24 hours
François-Marie Dibon aims to surpass Mike Heard’s 430 jumps with attempt at Garry Bridge in Perthshire
February 2021
'I ate 40kg of chocolate': Yorkshire teacher, 21, on rowing solo across the Atlantic
Jasmine Harrison, the youngest woman to make the 3,000-mile journey by herself, arrived in Antigua on Saturday
July 2020
'The hardest thing we've undertaken': ocean rowers attempt round-UK record
Duncan Roy and Gus Barton took on challenge after Pacific trip was called off due to pandemic
October 2019
Eliud Kipchoge and a marathon whose audacity will live long in our memory
Kenan Malik
Higher, faster, stronger, better ... is there no end to what humans can do?
September 2019
From smashing tiles to driving sheds: the weird world of wacky record breakers
For some, setting a world record is an all-consuming passion – and the weirder the better. Meet the people putting the record books into a spin
Woman becomes first person to swim Channel four times non-stop – video
Sarah Thomas, 37, swam for just over 54 hours and dedicated her achievement to fellow breast cancer survivors
British woman, 77, becomes oldest person to sail around the world alone – video
Jeanne Socrates has sailed into the history books after navigating her 11.5-metre (38ft) boat around the world, alone and unassisted, in 320 days
August 2019
Leonard Barden on chess
Chess: British title in balance and Indian prodigy, 13, is youngest winner of major
While Michael Adams and David Howell close on a Sunday showdown for the British championship, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has become the youngest winner of a major tournament
April 2019
Like Bradman, Hobbs and Lara, Robert Percival’s record may never be broken
Wisden states the all-rounder once threw a cricket ball 140 yards and two feet, a distance that several tried to reach and none have been confirmed as bettering
December 2018
The amazing world of sport
British surfer Tom Butler conquers potential world record '100ft tall wave' – video
Tom Butler said surfing the wave was like 'running away from a raging bull'
