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NYTIMES (Claire Moses) - Driver Sets Record for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle at More Than 406 M.P.H.

Andy Green, a 64-year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot from Britain, was already the only person to break the sound barrier on land. “The ground comes at you very, very quickly,” he said.

AI:Retired Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green has achieved a new milestone in high-speed terrestrial travel by setting a land speed record using a hydrogen-powered vehicle. Reaching speeds exceeding 406 mph, the 64-year-old veteran demonstrates significant advancements in alternative fuel propulsion technology. Having previously become the only individual to break the sound barrier on land, Green’s latest feat highlights continued human ambition in mastering extreme velocity and engineering performance.Open

HUFFPOST - 'It Means Everything': Women's Professional Baseball League Makes Thrilling Debut

The rainy debut marked the start of America’s first women’s professional baseball league in almost three decades.

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Josh Kerr shatters 27-year-old mile world record at London Diamond League

British runner Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 at London Stadium on Saturday to break the men's mile world record that had stood since 1999, and he told the world months ago he would do it. Kerr crossed the finish line at the Novuna London Athletics Meet, part of the Wanda Diamond League, more than three seconds […] The post Josh Kerr shatters 27-year-old mile world record at London Diamond League appeared first on American Almanac .

British runner Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 at London Stadium on Saturday to break the men's mile world record that had stood since 1999, and he told the world months ago he would do it. Kerr crossed the finish line at the Novuna London Athletics Meet, part of the Wanda Diamond League, more than three seconds ahead of American Yared Nuguse, who finished second in 3:45.69. Britain's Jake Heyward took third in a personal best of 3:46.73. The gap between first and second was not a race. It was a statement. The 28-year-old's time erased the 3:43.13 mark set by Moroccan great Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999. That record had survived every challenger for 27 years, longer than Kerr has been alive. Fox News reported that Kerr's previous personal…Open

NYTIMES (Richard Goldstein) - Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.

HUFFPOST - Sabastian Sawe Breaks Fabled 2-Hour Barrier In The Marathon To Shatter World Record By 65 Seconds

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon in a huge moment in sports history.