• cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        How does that happen? Wouldnt the 1st place person get the world record since they won??

        How can the winner of the race have a worse time than someone who didnt get first place/win the race?

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          22 days ago

          The first three runners were all faster than the previous world record.
          So the third place finisher broke the previous world record, but the other two in front of him broke it even harder.