This Will NEVER Happen Again! || The Longest Standing Record In Track & Field

[@TotalRunningProductions]

NOTE - At 9:20 we stated that the speed at release was 42.6 km/h but it's actually 110.5 km/h. Thanks for understanding!

[@tobiaszb]

30.7*3.6

[@db-canuck]

i immediately did the same math when the i saw those numbers. thanks for this!

[@koekum2142]

Yup, to get from miles to kilometers you have to multiply by 1.6 not divide (it's actually 1.609)

[@db-canuck]

@@koekum2142 yeah have been converting mi to km on the fly since Canada switched to metric almost 50 years ago. its not hard with some practice

[@nhoover]

Can't you add a caption to explain the mistake?

[@souldreamer9056]

Your kmh speed at 9:20 is wrong. It should be 110.5km/h, but you’ve written 42.6km/h.

[@souldreamer9056]

Sorry to nitpick

[@Dr-Jan-itor]

@@souldreamer9056 I didn't think it was a nitpik. I saw same gaffe.

[@RunnerBeanzDad]

Yep. Divided by 1.609 (1 mile = 1.609km) instead of multiplying by 1.609.

[@jojolords4523]

@@RunnerBeanzDad Convert m/s to km/h, that's easier, the factor is 3.6

[@multiio1424]

@@souldreamer9056 Not a nitpick but an important correction. Maybe TRP will add an annotation to the video.

[@LevelofClarity]

Love when TRP cover field events, especially historically significant athletes or performances. Keep up the great work!

[@lyonheart84]

Although there's a question mark during that period over performance enhancing drugs to be honest his rotational speed and technique was head and shoulders above anybody else of the time and probably today. His distances were not purely power orientated. A remarkable athlete.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

thats why it make perfect sense to cheat at the tippy-top level. If you are already the best in the world, have great technique and experience, all you need is an extra 1 or 2 % and you become unbeatable.

[@danschneider7531]

@@bipolarminddroppings Exactly. It's the same thing that dogs the Williams sisters in tennis. It's the same reason why Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds did it.

[@danielh3179]

He had the perfect athletic build for the event which entails a large leg mass to upper body mass ratio which enables a lower center of gravity during rotation. He and his coaches clearly understood the importance of not bulking up in the arms, shoulders, and chest with excessive upper body weight training while focusing on maximizing leg muscle development, strength and quickness for a rapid rotational angular acceleration and speed.

[@danschneider7531]

@@danielh3179 And steroids helps w all those things, so there is no diff between your and bipolar's claims.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@danschneider7531 im not actually claiming the dude cheated, I want to make that clear. Im just saying, that it makes sense to cheat when you are already the perfect athlete for your event, you dont even need to go overboard with it, so you are less likely to get caught It happened in an esport, top top, world elite, professional Counter Strike players were using a kind of aimbot that just basically improved your aim by a few percent, which meant it was basically impossible to tell they were cheating, we know it happened, we just don't know exactly which pros were using it.

[@waltervogel2506]

I met Yuri in 1975 in Sochi . We were training along side the Soviet Olympic team , Visited me in Bucharest in 1976 . A wonderful man and athlete . We lost the best ever hammer thrower in 2021 ..Rest in peace my idol .

[@Nashvillain10SE]

I love the TRP episodes covering the "less popular" events!

[@chris.patelis1504]

i love the fact that you post something like a documentary for world records . They are dope and extremely engaging

[@bjf5027]

As a throws coach I really appreciate these thrower videos, keep them coming!!!

[@vintagelifts]

I know NOTHING about track and field but as an olympic sport fan I watcg every single videos that you post about the history of this sport

[@ajoyandbasantibaksi5236]

A good video, learned something new re Syedikh. Undoubtedly the greatest ever in the mens HT. One rather silly boo-boo is when you tried to convert his release velocity of ~68 mph to kph. You appear to have divided by 1.6 rather than multiply by the same number. His release velocity was actual almost 110 km per hour. A truly ridiculous figure, faster than most cars on freeways!

[@duncanharvey2209]

Whats amazing about him is "usually" we would have questions over the era he covered and that still could be a question mark but he is not particularly large or even enormously strong compared to even modern throwers. He legitimately seemed to do it with absurd rotational speed and perfect technique...Also love these, great research and video. I remember watching him in the 1991 world championships wondering what this old guy was doing there...then i just sat back down 😂

[@MikeSpille]

The speed conversion at 9:16 should show 110.52 KPH. Great vid and thank you for sharing it!

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

What an athlete. Perfect form.

[@justinedinger9155]

9:17 small math error 30.7 meters/second is equal to 110.5 kilometers/hour. Amazing video though overall. One of the best track and field channels out there.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Very interesting video! I'd imagine the angle of release is extremely critical to get maximum range for a given launch speed, and it's not even at all obvious exactly what that angle should be. It would be around 45 degrees above the horizontal, but not exactly since aerodynamic drag and the fact that the release point is above ground level would have some effect. To be able to consistently produce the ideal release angle while spinning around at high speed is indeed superhuman!

[@tawon1984]

0:17 After his throw the grunt and the body language was identical to when the Hulk threw the tank in the 2003 film. I see where they got the inspiration from 💪

[@nickn2138]

You can make a video about the WR holder in women's high jump. It is standing for almost 36 years. It Is remarkable.

[@wilhelmw3455]

Great documentary for true fans of track and field who enjoy a wide range of events but no doubt the ones with short attention spans who only enjoy a narrow range of events will find this boring and complain.

[@ariopratama2286]

I'm so happy that TRP is covering the field events more rather than most of the track action. I'm tired about this channel just bring bunch of content about mclaughlin, lyles, also like matthew bolling stuff 😂 which is just a more repetitive stats and clickbait

[@harrypalmer7169]

A discipline not for the faint hearted. Amazing skill and technique.

[@marcosluciosilva2433]

He just launched incredible!

[@RichardMigneron]

At 9m14s, 68.67 mph is correct, but in kph it's 110.52 not 42.6 ! And at /6m/0, you have 2 2nd all-time, the last one should be 3rd all-time !!!!

[@johnmiranda3641]

You have to think his release after three rotations was responsible for both his success and honestly longevity too. Less strain & stress on his body. 204 times surpassing 80 meters we might never see occur again. 👏

[@alanduncan9204]

Litvinov was 6 foot and barely over 100kg which shows how powerful he was for his build.

[@ЕвгенийКурашик]

The greatest athlete in this sport 👏👍🔥

[@hotpod12]

It’s unfortunate there will always be a certain amount of suspicion around Sedykh. I’d prefer to think naively perhaps, given he won his first major competition at the 76 Olympics and his last at the 91 Worlds, and despite the advances in drug detection over this time, he never failed a drugs test, that he was clean, a truely once in a generation athlete.

[@headlibrarian1996]

Would he have tested clean with modern testing methods? We will never know, of course. Also, substances that are banned now were legal back then.

[@TVmuki]

To me it doesn't even matter. He was very very likely on something, everyone was by that time. But the technique, the consistency, the speed and the competitve mindset are what really sets him apart from everyone else. Such athletes would have been great any era under any testing conditions.

[@bowlchamps37]

His autopsy states that he was a drug user.

[@chrism45]

I don't think they were clean back then and I don't think they are clean now. We now know so much more about training and performance that it's so strange that no one is even close.

[@willconwell]

Lance Armstrong went an entire career without testing positive

[@vampy5071]

It looks as though they are driving the speed and force through the tips of their toes, really digging in the tops of the feet on each spin.. almost like one of those spintop toys (where you push in a button on the top to make it spin faster). If you look at others who are getting much lower distances, they spin on their heels.. or they let the balls velocity pull them around instead of focusing on controlling the spin or attempting to speed up

[@poindextertunes]

God damn the kenetic energy he created 😳 fuuuggggg

[@stevesando6695]

really great video. keep it going.

[@Sam-hc3zb]

at 9:17, now im high, but those maths cant be right, km per hour is always higher than miles an hour

[@pauloliver1842]

Former Moscow anti-doping laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov wrote in a book last year that Sedykh was “a huge steroid abuser” who benefited from a Soviet cover-up. Rodchenkov said one of Sedykh's samples contained such large traces of the steroid stanozolol that it contaminated laboratory equipment.

[@joostprins3381]

I used to throw the hammer myself, and there are a few things absolute needed. But for most his explosiveness, this is in your muscles, can be trained but your muscles needs to have the good fibers. I bet he would have run a very fast 100 m when trained. If you look how fast he is, he is absurd fast. Now to make that work you need loads of talent to keep this energy focused, and that is the secret. He had it, doping would have helped, but only in getting muscles faster and recover from training. But in the end his talent was great.

[@AllInTheGame01]

A Soviet Era Athlete/WR? 🤨🤨🤨

[@tyrellsawatzky3688]

Awesome video, I always loved this progression and it was nice to see the video with the story. At 16:20 you claim that this is the longest standing men's world record, but actually the men's discus record was set earlier that summer on June 6th. The hammer record was set on August 30th.

[@lolBrand0]

I love these kind of vids good job

[@NerdLifts]

Crazy that this record has never been beat with modern training. Yes, the Soviet athletes may have been on drugs, but so are lots of athletes now.

[@kurtfrancis4621]

284' 7" is the recognized imperial mark, not 284' 6"

[@2255223388]

He nearly closed with the obvious question mark about drugs but then immediately switched to "nah bro, GOATed"

[@DreamteamCarlo]

Very impressive.. How did hammer throw lose the popularity contest to shot put?

[@Hoppy71267]

Top Video :-)

[@poindextertunes]

8:15 WATER THOSE?!?! 😂

[@steffe689]

They use PED these days too. And all the people he fought against. He was just built different.

[@BlamBlam80]

I'm dubious of any world record from this era, especially from a country behind the iron curtain.

[@a34rwl]

Dope-on-a-Rope

[@kornboy22]

9:18 should be 110.52kph

[@Martinit0]

I hat to check my YT setting to make sure it was set to the usual 1.5x - nope - normal speed.

[@niklasfursattel1291]

30,7 meters per secobd equates to 110,5 km/h

[@apollosun2913]

I always chuckle at how Americans pronounce Ireland with too many syllables. It's not ERE-R-LAND, it's IRE-LAND.

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

100% chance that thing hits me in the head if I ever try this event.

[@MrMezmerized]

Haha, while funny it is very unlikely, given the centrifugal force. You will probably fall and perhaps break something though. I fell a few times myself, but fortunately it didn't even hurt.

[@HighMaintenancePS]

SPEED POSTED IS WRONG! -30.7m/s is 110.52km/h.

[@David_7171]

68 miles =110 kilometres

[@jean-philippemorin3523]

30.7 m/s is 108km/h not 42,6

[@Zakariah1971]

S-T-E-R-O-I-D-S. 👀

[@kjford587]

Yeah, but everyone else was too. Drugs aside his technique was simply superior

[@tomerkritz]

💉🧪🤡

[@scottessery100]

Omg I’d hate to be his spine 😢

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

This guy loves the word “however.”

[@catedoge3206]

watching this in August 8, 2024. Ethan Katzberg (22) of canada just did 84.12. He gon beat him in the next 4 years!!!

[@weightman18]

Technically 3 athletes have hit over 85. But Ivan Tikhon was eliminated for doping.

[@Zakariah1971]

I was five...

[@Trizzer89]

Somebody watches EmpLemon

[@bowlchamps37]

Never say never. Unless they change the weight, there will be a new world record eventually.

[@Jake_Ritter]

Something happened between 1983 and 1984 haha

[@mikerope5785]

21 years old... Soviet... Full moustache and rapidly balding... Hmmm.

[@basquat76]

All Soviet records should be stricken from the books. Actually all records from the 80's should be removed.

[@Charlimarteli]

The dude threw a bowling ball across a football field...

[@jonnynice8366]

Not competing in the Olympics is a great motivating factor for ped's. Oh shit, did I day that out loud.

[@ValensBellator]

Well, it’s not impossible to be deep into balding when entering your 20’s, but it’s a touch suspicious 😂 Still incredibly impressive though.

[@statictech7]

Why do people still do this? Maybe we just let some sports end.

[@raketensven3127]

Amazing but juiced to the max, I bet. Everything UdSSR in sports was juiced.

[@davidsen188]

And athletes now don’t juice? Lol

[@garrysekelli6776]

I usually rotate 10 times. More rotations equals more speed imo.

[@dennisneo1608]

It's not much of a claim to fame.

[@andreasandremyrvold]

Great form + perfect technique + performance enhancing drugs = unbeatable record. State of the art state supported cheating. Story of east block track and field 80s.

[@Jelly-B]

Russians hmmm drugs

[@keinKlarname]

The WR that will stand forever... - what a nonsense.

[@andrehof7876]

As a nerd I react to the math done by 30.7 m per second Which is around 70 kmh and 48mph. Not the other way around

[@bsjeffrey]

the record holders rotational speed looks so much faster than the others.

[@jeythegrey]

Dude looked 45 when he was 21 lol

[@Daniel-ng8fi]

The drugs back then were rough!

[@deetsepnopoulos3122]

He was 31 in 1986.

[@keinKlarname]

@@deetsepnopoulos3122 And 10 years before?

[@dustinodunne3572]

DHT based Anabolic Steroids will do that 😅😅

[@lukeamato2348]

That's what doping does

[@theerictalbert2841]

The fact that he hurled this 16 pound hammer further than most elite javelin throwers could throw a javelin boggles my mind. I understand that the techniques are vastly different, but it doesn’t take away from the fact that most javelin throwers would be ecstatic to hit a mark of that distance.

[@fakeaccntsoicanlogin]

if they didn't change the Jav people would likely be tossing it out of the stadium by now

[@Zakariah1971]

Angular momentum. Physics…

[@callumbush1]

They changed the design of the javelin after 1986 so it couldn't be thrown as far!

[@Ballen1182]

I'm amazed they can release it at just the tight timing.

[@apollosun2913]

That's a terrible analogy due to the different techniques. If they tried throwing that ball with a javelin technique, they wouldn't throw it even 10 metres. No javelin thrower would be happy with 10 metres.

[@steyndewet1191]

That scream on the WR is a thing of beauty. In many years of competing, I had one perfect throw. The feeling following that release is unlike anything I've ever experienced and a natural, rapid exhaling scream followed. Anyways, I have studied Sedykh as much as I could back in the day, I can still not understand how he could do what he did. Not mentioned in the video, he had a decent 100m sprint time, and a decent PB in the triple jump. He is truly one of the great ever athletes.

[@jadontaylor9517]

What kind of 100m time?

[@steyndewet1191]

@@jadontaylor9517 low 11s if I remember correctly.

[@brianhginc.2140]

@9:12, You have a unit conversion mistake. 30.7 meters per second = 68.67 mile per hour OR 110.52 kilometers per hour.

[@shovelhead56]

Great Video on an event that does not receive the accolades that it deserves. Phenomenal Athleticism!! Enjoyed your informative Narrative🤙

[@audioshark5292]

Loved this man. Athletics is about a lot more than running fast

[@travissalter4087]

If the maternity ward at a hospital was ever flooded and the nearest dry land was 96 yards away… Just call this guy, and he can get every newborn to safety… They would probably need one of those Firemans trampolines on the other side or quite a few pillows… He would be a hero and it would be of great practical use lol

[@delatorresteven7721]

dude what?...lol

[@jamesrobert4106]

😂😂😂 Genius level.

[@georgec2894]

To say 86.74m has never been approached is nonsense: Ivan Tikhon's 2005 throw of 86.73m qualifies as an approach for me. He may have been banned for doping, but do we think these boys form the 1980's were squeeky clean?!

[@tekkerzboyjr6073]

Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney has been reported to have a knee injury will not compete in the world championships. Very sad to hear another awful news just like hissam asigna.

[@callumbush1]

You got the kilometers and miles mixed up as 1 mile equals 1.6 kilometers.

[@YvonneBowe]

I was at the meet in Cork where Litvinov and Sedyk shredded the world record. Was there to see my friend Gary Halpin who was also throwing so was well schooled about the quality of the field. Daly Thompson the olympic decathlon champion was the big draw at the meet but Sedyk and Litvinov chewed the whole thing up. It was magnificent.

[@keinKlarname]

68,67 Miles = 42.6 kilometers ? Aha.

[@BigNoizz]

In the 90"s I was a competitive hammer thrower. My coach was from Austria and I was taught 3 turns with a parallel finish after each turn., at the same time people were starting to experiment in my area with 4 turns and where they put the foor down sooner and fast very similar to what we see today at the elite level. It is so satisfying watching the power of 3 turns performed at this maximum level

[@Bunno1177]

Some strong roids back then in the USSR

[@gydrichbomberg7121]

huge mistake in calculations there buddy.

[@Leeroy49]

His abilities in his discipline were as rare as those of Bubka, Duplantis or McLaughlin.

[@Maxfr8]

steroids

[@jamesrobert4106]

​@@Maxfr8No doubt whatsoever. But so were his rivals.

[@mlb5525]

Comparable to the Barry Bonds home run record with a big fat * next to it. None of the eastern block record holders from that period are worthy of a video. That should also apply to all roiders, blood dopers, etc. No matter what sport or country

[@wartable]

Can’t imagine I miss the U.S.S.R.

[@KemoTherapy99]

Again a top-notch work, thank you. 👏

[@QuiteLunacy]

Why did he look 50 when he was in his early 20s?

[@thedailystride5407]

Ooooooooooooo man. I know this is gonna be a banger

[@fugglie]

wonderful comentary on an amazing athelete, correct me if im wrong though but doesn't 30.7 meters a second convert to over 100 km/hour

[@audioshark5292]

You need to do a video on what Lasitskene has done at the champs over the past decade.

[@trevormay101]

2 uploads in one day let’s gooo