He held the championship record here as well, with 2.16 metres from 1973 to 1981.

A year later, on the same field, he set a career best in shot put with 16.02 metres.

In 2000 he set his personal best throw with 69.28 metres.

Then he set a new world record with 4.09 metres.

He entered the stadium in the lead with only 80 metres left to go.

He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007.

She set her personal best throw in 2005 with 67.67 metres.

With 91.59 metres he finished on top of the world list for the first time.

She held the altitude record with 5,200 metres and eight other world records.

On 5 June 1994, she set a new world record with 67.34 metres.