The IMPOSSIBLE World Record | Women’s 800m

This is the Women's 800m world record, which is the longest standing World record in Track and field. Watch this video and you can probably understand why that is.

Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson could finally be the ones to try and break it

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[Arthur_Pint]

Kratochvilova set an unbelievable World record aged 32 in the Women's 800m, in what was only her 2nd race at that distance.

And she did that whilst being built like she could've won the outright men's World Middleweight Boxing Championship!

Until she was 28, Kratochvilova was at best a 'Journey man' type of athlete, but in just a few years she obliterated the 800m record, and improved her 400m record by, wait for it, a full 5 seconds!

So, how likely is it that she was using performance enhancing drugs? 

Answer- Virtually Certain

[Erikre]

few years ago she said: ""If they took away my record, it would be complete nonsense. I have never taken banned substances"" :D we czechs and slovaks have a good sense of humor sometimes

[luispalacios]

There is absolutely zero doubts that this woman was not extremely doped. A woman can not get this muscular without androgens it is just impossible. She has the body type of a male sprinter. You will never see a man this muscular setting a WR in any event longer than 400m because is not possible.

[keir]

keely has now run 1:54.61. she might never break it, but she might break 1:54 and may have the fastest probably clean time ever.

[AndreasJohanns]

Personally, I don't think that record is a clean one. Consider the upper body physique of world class 800 runners today (rather thin arms, understandably) compared with Kratochvilova and her striking deltoids, pecks, and triceps (I say the same of Flo Jo, btw). Unique training methods don't account for that upper body muscularity, especially when it's not vital to middle distance running.

[deanwerny]

yeah i do have a comment, she was doped to next level, it wasnt her fault, it was state run and she would either take it or would be banned from competing, her parents would lose their jobs and so on. That being said, her training was absolutely bonkers. She trained every day like no one would train for one day.

[thebighousencaaattendancer]

You mean "The most juiced up track world record there is!"

[charleshuang]

The training you mentioned that she did really caught my attention. Today, everyone from middle distance to marathons only train a little in the gym and just run plain but I wonder if training with a higher resistance while running (weighted vest, restricted breathing, tire attached) would actually yield a greater gain then just plain running

[zvbx]

Here’s a reason why I think Kratochvilova is not legit, the current men’s record holder in the 800 meters is David Rudishi of Kenya and he’s built the way a 800 meter runner should be. If Kratochvilova was a bit taller she could play opposite Aiden Hutchinson on the Lions.

[bobbyk]

Definitely 100% steroids user. No woman middle distance runners have those types of arms, legs, deltoids, or built with lots of hair in the armpits. With the male jaw line features in her face, looks like a dude 800m record to me.

[andrewsmith]

Impossible to break cuz that’s a whole dude

[MarkB-vpki]

I might be wrong but i think I can see the outline of her entire hog in those shorts.

[RichardJones-uc]

If it was purely down to her training regime as she claims, why hasn't anybody else done it since using the same methods or updated versions of them? Particularly, given she's now a coach, you would've thought she would pass this 'knowledge' on to her athletes!

[MNCk]

mate she'll be doped out of her mind lol

[HeyPaulhasopinions]

Honestly… looks like she was sweating testosterone 😂😂

[dr.doomandgloom]

Honestly, I was trying to figure out who this man was and what record he held.

[sanderslongdrive]

Cheating is not confined to drug taking and was it ever the key issue?

Drug taking within athletics is almost never fully understood by writers in forums, and see the issue as black and white and its far from it. How do you feel about athletes who have taken drugs outside of the testing 'Reveal time?' And are 100% clean when tested, albeit possess a body like tarzan?

1. Is drug taking the no. 1 issue? If a person competes in a women's event and 'she' has a massively high and not allowed testosterone level either occurring naturally or by injection how does such sit within your critical analysis?

How do you feel about the level of track springiness (co-efficient of restitution) being unregulated and massively reducing records?

How do you feel about modern shoe technology?

Clothes technology and what is or should be banned (as in swimming) I know nothing about. Possibly not yet fully addressed?

2. How complicit are governing bodies in rule breaches?

(a) For years (indeed until extremely recently) women in short distance events were allowed to compete notwithstanding illegal testosterone levels.

(b) At at a not too long ago Olympics 96% of host competitors tested positive. There was only one disqualification based on So very rarely spoken of! I only ever saw it mentioned with credibility within a year of those Olympics.

(c) Testing by blood / urine is only good for a few days after injestion. Taking a hair sample can be good for up to 30 days if the hair is long and has not been bleached, but a very rare test.

There are many other things which I could list which support the notion that it's easy to cheat, or otherwise legally improve times without improvement and likely always will be, if one is that way disposed, and only careless fools get caught.

[terrya]

They were all on steroids back then, both East and Western athletes. What set her apart was the unbelievable hard training, 8 hours a day, 7 days a week.

[Levoyageur-yw]

Je pense que celle qui battra le record du monde de Kratochvilova sera Phoebe Gill qui vient de gagner le championnat d'Angleterre alors qu'elle n'a que 17 ans. Elle est qualifiée pour les jeux olympiques de Paris. Elle n'était pas essoufflée à l'arrivée et n'était pas fatiguée. Sa marge de progression est énorme. Elle pourrait courir deux tours en 56 secondes chacun et battre le record du monde en 1'52"". Je pense que Phoebe Gill va être la sensation des jeux olympiques.

[Anakunus]

Spoiler alert: neither Hodgkinson nor anyone else beat the record in 2024 Olympic games.