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Man Breaks Underwater Cycling Record
Image via WikipediaLowered into the sea by a team of local scuba divers, Mr Vittorio Innocente mounted the bike at a depth of 92ft (28m) and rode along a 360ft (110m) long underwater slope, dodging mud pools and rocky outcrops.
Continuing his descent, Mr Innocente, 62, smashed his own previous world record of 197ft (60m) which he set three years ago.
The Milan-born Italian set the new record in the waters of Portofino’s maritime marine reserve, at midday on Monday.
He took nine minutes of deep sea pedalling to reach the 213ft (65m) mark.
Usain Bolt: I Just Went Out There And Ran My Best Race
Lightning Bolt Becomes Fastest Man On Earth
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt ran a world record 9.72 seconds for the 100 metres in the Reebok grand prix meet at the Icahn Stadium in New York last night. The 21-year-old Bolt lowered the previous best held by compatriot Asafa Powell, who had ran 9.74secs on three separate occasions.
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Incredibly, Bolt was running only his fifth 100m race and was competing in the lane next to America’s 100m world champion Tyson Gay on a still night following thunderstorms earlier in the evening. Gay was second in a personal best of 9.85sec with Darvis ‘Doc’ Patton of the USA third in 10.07sec. The historic run sent a huge Jamaican contingent of fans wild with celebrations.