RAW VIDEO: Garrett McNamara breaks the world record for the largest wave ever surfed.

Garret McNamara was towed into a rogue wave that turned out to be 90 feet tall. Garrett McNamara was back in Portugal to embark on another mission exploring the waves of Nazaré, in the ZON North Canyon Show 2011. This is the second mission of a three years project, initiated last year. The competition and demonstration is a Nazaré City Hall and ZON project to internationally promote the region as a destination for surfing, showcasing the unique aspects of the “Nazaré Canyon”.

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Pingping, the world’s shortest man, who was 2 feet, 5.37 inches (74.6 centimeters) tall, has died of a heart condition in a hospital in Italy. He was taken to a hospital March 3 after he felt chest pains while rehearsing the Italian program “The Record Show.” He was in the intensive care unit at the time of his death.

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After breaking the record for the 100-meters with a time of 9.69 set at the 2008 Olympics exactly one year ago today, Usain Bolt, 22, set a new record of 9.58 seconds at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany.

On a Sunday night, August 16, 2009 in Berlin, with a tailwind of 1 mile per hour, the 6′ 4″ 168-pound Jamaican put his 100-meters world record to an amazing level.

International Association of Athletics Federations — iaaf.org

FRI JUL 31 2009 — Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters and Ryan Lochte clocked 6 minutes 58.55 seconds to shave one-hundredth of a second off the previous record of 6:58.56 set by a recent US team that one the Olympic gold in Beijing last August.

13th FINA World Championships Men’s 4x 200 meter Freestyle — WR
Name R.T. 50m 100m 150m 200m Time
PHELPS Michael 0.73 24.73 51.26 1:17.97 1:44.49 (2) 1:44.49
BERENS Ricky 0.26 24.30 50.84 1:17.80 1:44.13 (1) 3:28.62
WALTERS David 0.28 23.35 49.22 1:16.65 1:45.47 (1) 5:14.09
LOCHTE Ryan 0.32 24.15 50.65 1:18.00 1:44.46 (1) 6:58.55

R.T. = Reaction Time

SAT AUG 01 2009 — Michael Phelps became the first human to break 50 seconds in the Men’s 100 meter butterfly with a time of 49.82 seconds at the 13th FINA World Championships 2009 in Rome, Italy.

Reaction time was 0.69 seconds.

Usain Bolt, 22, of Jamaica broke a 12-year-old record for the 200 meters Wednesday, crossing the finish line in 19.30 seconds. Bolt turns 22 on the day after his 200-meter world record on August 21.

Usain Bolt (nicknamed “Lightning Bolt”) is the first man to break a record in the 100 meter and the 200 meter sprint.

According to Jamaican sprint coach Bert Cameron, Usain Bolt at age 12 ran 52-flat for the 400-meter on a grass track — a grass track with ruts.

Recent 200-meter world records:
The top 10 200-meter times.

19.30 — Usain Bolt (Jamaica), 2008. Beijing

19.32 — Michael Johnson (U.S.), 1996, Atlanta

19.62 — Tyson Gay (U.S.), 2007, Indianapolis (AT&T USA Track and Field Championships)

19.63 — Xavier Carter (U.S.), 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland (Grand Prix)

19.65 — Wallace Spearmon (U.S.), 2006, Daegu, South Korea (Meet)

19.66 — Michael Johnson (U.S.), 1996, Atlanta (Olympic Trials)

19.67 — Usain Bolt (Jamaica), 2008, Athens

19.68 — Frankie Fredericks (Namibia), 1996, Atlanta

19.69 — Walter Dix (U.S.), 2007, Gainesville, Fla.

19.72 – Pietro Mennea (Italy), 1979, Mexico City

Swimming butterfly in the third leg of the 4X100 United States Medley Relay Team, Michael Phelps won his eighth Gold Medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The U.S. Team also included Aaron Peirsol (backstroke, 53.16), Brendan Hansen (breast stroke) and Jason Lezak (freestyle) won in a world record 3:29.34 — a world record.

Silver went to Australia and Bronze to Japan.