Svetlana Masterkova, two-time Olympic champion in Atlanta 1996 and holder of the world record for 28 years Interview with socialbites.ca He explained how he broke the outdoor world record of 4:12.56 minutes, which was set by Dutch Sifan Hasan in 1996.
Masterkova’s 1000m record (2:28.98 minutes) still stands intact.
“Both of my world records were broken after the Olympic Games, when the body exhausted all its resources (in July 1996, Masterkova won two gold medals in Atlanta 1996, and in August of the same year she broke two world records. socialbites.ca).
“If you try to do it before the Games when there is only a horse and cart and a small car, the record can be improved. That’s what happened when Hasan broke my world record by a mile,” Masterkova said.
The famous athlete stressed that he is in favor of further development of athletics and is not very concerned about the loss of a world record.
“I understand that for the athlete this is the main start of the season. And when I broke the previous record, I was already an Olympic champion,” said Masterkova.
Khasan broke Masterkova’s record at the Diamond League stage in Monaco, beating the Russian woman’s feat by 23 milliseconds.
Russian woman appeared before How did he become an Olympic champion? shortly after birth.
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Source: Gazeta
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