Two WORLD RECORDS in ONE Race | Women's Pentathlon 800m | Istanbul 2023

A race with two World Records 🤯
Nafissatou Thiam 🇧🇪 and Adrianna Sulek 🇵🇱 battled it out to claim gold. In an extraordinary turn of events, the world record was broken, twice! This is the dramatic conclusion to the end of the women's pentathlon competition - the 800m.
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[@Skiskiski]

Not a joke. Sulek is, at present, the best female high jumper in Poland.

[@mrnowak2835]

And long jumper I think she’s got like 15cm on matuszewicz

[@bst2229]

Thiams PB was good enough for a medal in the high jump individually here

[@miharu060786]

Also in long jump I think she leads this season on the lists. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G athlete.

[@bst2229]

@@miharu060786 Thiam has the NR in the Long Jump and Javelin Throw

[@miharu060786]

@@bst2229 in PL the NR in javelin in unreal and it also happened to be Ada's weakest event and in comparision NR of Poland are much better than the Belgian ones (out of the memory just hepthathlon and women's HJ), so the NR of Nafi are actuallz showing the weakness of Belgian athletics.

[@xuan-gottfriedyang5094]

I want to see a 600m competition Femke Bol vs Keely Hodgkinson

[@Regimeshifts]

oh...wouldnt that be something

[@proyouservicesltd3652]

I am not sure who would win but the winner would need to break the WR

[@spinalc0rds]

then do round 2 athing mu vs sydney mclaughlin

[@Leeroy49]

World record holder for 6s is way better than nothing.

[@proyouservicesltd3652]

She is in the history books as a WR holder and Probably may hold the record for the shortest time of being a WR holder😊

[@aubade4619]

@@proyouservicesltd3652 Not even close. During the 1980 Olympics the Pentathlon WR (at the time an outdoor event) was broken three times in the same 800. Kuragina was the first to cross the line (2'03''6) and finished 3rd, then Rukavishnikova 2'04''8 (2'04''8), and finally the eventual Pent winner Tkachenko (2'05''2). So Kuragina held the record for 1 second and 2 tenths, Rukavishnikova for only 0,4 second.

[@mahisolin9170]

&Aub ade Yeah, but remember that almost everyone was doped in the 80s. Particulary in the Soviet Union.

[@gerhardstrydom5249]

Absolutely!! Overall number 2 best performer ever👍👏

[@brch3121]

Piękna walka❤💐

[@mrnowak2835]

Naffy now has to push herself in the 800m which she hates because Adrianna is getting closer and closer her. The competition is fierce and it’s not longer a walk in the park for anyone. I’m sure sulek one day will beat naffy maybe not now but give it a year or 2 and it will be even closer.

[@bst2229]

Yes when Nafi retires Sulek can beat her, age matters aswell my friend dont forget

[@spinalc0rds]

Nafi smashed her pb in 800m in this race and it's her first meet of the season. it will only make Sulek hungrier for it. nothing better than a friendly rivalry tbh

[@thedarkfalafel9323]

In pentathlon, maybe, but Sułek’s javelin is currently too weak to challenge Nafi outdoors. But she’s beating her PBs like crazy, so give it some time. Also she’s considerably younger than Nafi so in a few years, who knows

[@bst2229]

@@thedarkfalafel9323 Yeah when age catches up to Nafi its inevitable for Sulek to beat her. I dont see it happening in hepta tho and in penta I think Thiam got more in her than 5055 points icl. First comp of the season no rhytm for jumping numbers and still doing that is crazy

[@Johnrap]

I hope Sulek got to take a photo with her World Record total.

[@user-ro2ee7]

Fantastic Sulek.. 👏

[@paulouk83]

Sulek v Hall is the future and we are finally going to have two amazing 800 runners at the end

[@francocalienesweninger5738]

Así me gusta, ver solo mujeres de verdad en la categoría de mujeres

[@Skiskiski]

Życzę zdrowia. Bardzo lubię pani pewność siebie. Pamiętam za komuny ludzie się bali zrobić błędu. Po części dlatego nie lubię ideologii (w tym religii) Teraz rośnie nowe pokolenie Polaków takich jak pani, z których trzeba być dumnymi.

[@modouabdoulayethiam7247]

THIAM une fierte dans son domaine

[@socman3988]

Hahaha lol I like how the Female commentator said that Nafi may have a go at the Heptathlon WR! Thankfully the guy was more realistic and corrected her.Yeah sure! That record won’t be broken for another 30 years! Let’s see now. She would have to run a 12.69 100mh , 22.56 200m and a 7.27m in long jump. These are incredible performances even as an individual event athlete. With her long jump performance she could win any competition. That’s a record that I can’t see any heptathlete breaking or even coming close.

[@lws7394]

Really bad commentators, inderd ! They had no clue what was Sulek was doing.. still after the finish.. A pity for such a sensational race. I watched it at the bbc and they were fully aware what was at stake.. what a difference that makes watching..

[@sannedg4293]

I agree that the world record isn't really realistic. But it's not true that Nafi has to match the 12.69, 22.56 and 7.27, because she has other strenghts than JJK. She can jump much higher (10cm+) and throw the javelin much further. If you add up all Nafi's PB's, she would reach 7286 points. So the potential is there, but putting it all together in 1 heptathlon... I don't see that happening anytime soon.

[@bst2229]

Lmao, High Jump and Javelin dont count? Thiams PB's get her very close, a good HJ 10 cm better than WR, she can shotput 15.80 aswell, LJ close to 7m and a 60m Javelin then she would only need to hit 2.10 on the 800 for WR doable for sure will it happen not surr

[@spinalc0rds]

WR maybe not but I hope Nafi gets the European record this year, love Kluft but it's about time and she's "only" 19 points off

[@socman3988]

@@sannedg4293 well I have to disagree with you. She really does have to match up to those events cause those performances are incredible even for individual event athletes let alone in a Heptathlon ! If you want to talk about PB's lets match them up. JJK PB's 100mH : 12.61 HJ : 1.93 SP : 16.84 200m :22.30 LJ : 7.49 JT : 50.12 800m :2:08.51 TOTAL SCORE: 7654!!! CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE NOW? There is No Heptathlete at the moment who can even come close to her WR! Nafi has a good shot in the European Record which she may well break this season. That's a pretty huge achievement but the WR is untouchable.