Christian Taylor may have a shot
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mtripno.htm
The dominance of 20th century efforts on that list is striking
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How long will it take someone to surpass the longest jump of the Edwards career? 18.43 metres with a tail wind over the limit.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostA record that is almost universally thought to have been achieved through the use of industrial quantities of PEDs
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Originally posted by Aitch View PostBob Beamon, long jump record, 8.9 metres, 23 years, 1968 to 1991.
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A record that is almost universally thought to have been achieved through the use of industrial quantities of PEDs
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With obvious thanks to wiki
Jarmila Kratochvílová won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships, setting a world record in the 400 m.[3] In 1983, she also set the world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and which is currently the longest-standing individual world record in athletics.
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Nobody has triple-jumped further than Jonathan Edwards since 1995.
He's probably shit at skimming stones, though.
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I'm adding myself to the OTF list of "competent stone skimmers who fancied themselves as quite good at it until the internet ruined it". Would love to see what kind of stone Dougie is packing. And I'd like to add 'wow', obviously.
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Well I've seen it but I can't really believe what I've seen.
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That girl is going to be in beers for life dining out on the story of how she measured the world record distance stone-skim.
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Originally posted by Greenlander View PostIf I find the right stone and the sea conditions are calm I can get a consistant 18 or so on Wembury Beach. My best is in the low 20s as the last few skips are notoriously hard to count, but to find the record is 88 has knocked all sense at being any good at skimming stones out of me. That's just crazy bouncing.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View Post
The rules for this intrigue me. Was it a target contest or distance? And if distance, were you allowed to knot the towel up into a ball?
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostWell, I beat my brother in the Kitchen Towel Throwing World Championship in 1989, and nobidy has challenged me t the title since. So I think I'm still Kitchen Towel Throwing World Champion after 30 years.
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If I find the right stone and the sea conditions are calm I can get a consistant 18 or so on Wembury Beach. My best is in the low 20s as the last few skips are notoriously hard to count, but to find the record is 88 has knocked all sense at being any good at skimming stones out of me. That's just crazy bouncing.
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Competitive stone skimming has been dominated by Dougie Isaacs for as long as I can remember, with Ron Long matching him in the veterans category.
I didn’t go to last years event but my mate Mike reckons a Hungarian beat him.
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Originally posted by G-Man View PostWell, I beat my brother in the Kitchen Towel Throwing World Championship in 1989, and nobidy has challenged me t the title since. So I think I'm still Kitchen Towel Throwing World Champion after 30 years.
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Nobody currently has been at No. 1 as long as West Indies and Australia were in 1978-1995 and around 1996-2008 respectively. OTOH cricket is a small field with only around 6 realistic contenders for No. 1 (or who have ever been No. 1).
Don Bradman was No. 1 batsman for 18 years or so, 1930 until retirement. Had he not retired, he'd have done 20 years.
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The IBF, WBC, IBO, WBO and WBA. The current longest-reigning champion is Wanheng Menayothin at minimumweight. Wanheng has ruled since 2014.
Had to Google this obviously.
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Hakuhō Shō has been pretty much unstoppable in Sumo since he became yokozuna in 2010.
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Well, I beat my brother in the Kitchen Towel Throwing World Championship in 1989, and nobidy has challenged me t the title since. So I think I'm still Kitchen Towel Throwing World Champion after 30 years.
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Magnus Carlsen has been world number 1 since 1st January 2010 and Clasical Chess world champion since 22nd November 2013.
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