Fishy photo of world record hurdler — can she be drug-free?
According to 500 websites touting the same wacky records, this lady executed the “Fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins, individual, female.” A caption said: “The fastest 100-meter hurdles wearing swim fins by a female is 22.35 seconds. It was achieved by Maren Zönker of Germany in Cologne, Germany, on Sept. 13, 2008.” Other world records are depicted here. Can’t find Maren Zönker’s legit 100-meter hurdle times anywhere, though. Maybe she can’t fit spikes over swim fins.
Is Maren for real? Thanks to Dave Ortman of Salmonland for sharing this shot.
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One record is not mentioned, for the silliest species in the world.
She shows fine form
A fishy trend for other events? Or, is it simply bait?
Did she use blocks?
For other potential track/field events see my NMN False Start Column from July 2000.
http://ortmanmarchand.com/fs8.html
I bet she had a good fin-ish.
Prize for best comment about this blog entry goes to Scott Copeland.
Hey, I have the record for the furthest long jump while holding a Komodo Dragon.
She’s looks a bit too young to be a master’s age-grouper.
I agree with Tom, reel nice form.
Hi David, I like that real high jump idea! And check this, alive and kicking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierljeppen The name is Frisian, a small language from the north of our country, distantly related to English, ‘ljep’ is ‘leap.
The info says she’s German but I think she’s really from Finland. 🙂
Of course if she adds the 400m hurdles, she must be from Lap-land
Maren isn’t her real name. It’s Phillipa.
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