London Marathon Ever Presents every London Marathon up to and including the 2018 event. From 1981 to 2013 Chris Finill completed every race in under 3 hours, holding a Guinness World Record for this consistent high performance. Dale Lyons raced in a wheelchair in 2015. London Marathon Ever Presents The "Ever Presents" is a group of people to have run the London Marathon at each event since the first event in 1981. As of the 2018 race, there are 11 members of the group. The group was first acknowledged in 1995 after the 15th marathon with 42 members had run each event. A person
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. U.S. swimmer Dana Vollmer demolished a new world record to clear a 56-second barrier and to claim the Olympic title in the event for the first time since Amy Van Dyken did so in 1996. She touched third at the initial length, but powered home with a back-half strategy on the final stretch to capture the gold in 55.98, the first sub-56 second time