98 kg Yang Lian (China) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1 October 2006
3:47.97 USA (Margaret Hoelzer, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer, Amanda Weir) Manchester, UK 18 Dec 2009
4:21.04 Julia Smit (USA) 18 December 2009 Manchester, UK
3:28.22 Netherlands (Hinkelien Schreuder, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis) Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 December 2008 ***PENDING FINA APPROVAL***
3:19.16 Russia (Stanislav Donets, Sergey Geybel, Evgeny Korotyshkin, Alexander Sukhorukov) St Petersburg, Russia 20 Dec 2009
3:54.92 Joanne Jackson (UK) Leeds, UK, 8 August 2009
3:03.30 USA (Nathan Adrian, Matt Grevers, Garrett Weber-Gale, Michael Phelps) Manchester, UK 19 December 2009 Michael Phelps has multiple swimming world records.
3:32.77 Paul Biedermann (Germany) Berlin, Germany 14 November 2009 The previous holder was Grant Hackett.
The longest downhill skiing race is 25.6 km (15.91 miles) at the annual “Schlag das ASSinger” organised by the municipality of Nassfeld Hermagor (Austria). The race starts at Gartenkofel and finishes Tröpolach, Austria and was held on 30 January 2010. The winners were: Male: Armin and Roland Assinger (both Austria) 50 minutes 14.66 seconds Female: Daniela Müller (Austria) 53 minutes 19.76 seconds Team: Team Berghex 3 hours 27.31 seconds The track started at the mountain station Gartenkofel chair – slope Garnitzenalm – ascend La Perla
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The longest time in an abdominal plank position carrying a 60-lb pack is 17 min and 26 sec and was achieved by Eva Bulzomi (USA) at Axiom Fitness in Boise, Idaho, USA, on 6 July 2013.