China News Service, July 28. In the women’s quadruple scull final of the Tokyo Olympics rowing event, the Chinese team consisting of Cui Xiaotong, Lu Yang, Zhang Ling, and Chen Yunxia crossed the finish line in 6 minutes and 05.13 seconds. , And refresh the world's best results while winning gold.
On July 28, local time, in the women’s quadruple scull final of the Tokyo Olympics rowing event, the Chinese team composed of Cui Xiaotong, Lu Yang, Zhang Ling, and Chen Yunxia crossed the finish line in 6 minutes and 05.13 seconds and won the gold. At the same time refresh the world's best results.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan
Whether it is the commentary or the official score system, this score is marked as "the world's best score."
Why not call it a well-known "world record"?
Perhaps the answer can be found from the marathon project.
Because the marathon is on the road and the track conditions are different, there is no "world record" for a long period of time, and only the "world's best performance" (or "best time") is used as the runner's record.
Until 2004, the IAAF officially adopted the marathon world record, saying goodbye to the era when there was only the best result in the world.
The IAAF world record for the men's marathon was 2 hours, 01 minutes and 39 seconds, set by Kenyan player Eliud Kipchoge at the 2018 Berlin Marathon.
The world record for the women's marathon is 2 hours, 14 minutes and 4 seconds, set by Kenyan player Brigitte Kosge at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
As we all know, as a racing event with results accurate to the millisecond, rowing competitions will also affect the final results due to differences in wind speed and waters, especially in such top-level matchups in the Olympics.
Therefore, calling it "the best record in the world" is undoubtedly a more standardized approach.
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