Photo Feed: Record makers in sports

Rebecca Soni - 12 December 2012

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Rebecca Soni - 12 December 2012

Rebecca Soni, Women's 200 metre breaststroke, Set a world record time of 2:20.00 in the semi-final and 2:19.59 in the final. (Pic/ AFP)

Missy Franklin - 12 December 2012

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Missy Franklin - 12 December 2012

Missy Franklin, Women's 200 metre backstroke, Set a world record time of 2:04.06 in the final. (Pic/AFP)

Usain Bolt - 12 December 2012

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Usain Bolt - 12 December 2012

Usain Bolt set a record time of 9.63 seconds to win 100 metres gold medal. Bolt also became the first man in history to defend both the 100 m and 200 m Olympic sprint titles. (Pic/ AFP)

Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda - 12 December 2012

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Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda - 12 December 2012

Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda gave India its first medal at the Paralympic Games after bagging a silver in the Men's High Jump. (Pic/ Getty Images)

Sushil Kumar - 12 December 2012

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Sushil Kumar - 12 December 2012

Sushil Kumar became the first Indian to win two Olympic medals. (Pic/ AFP)

Sebastian Vettel - 12 December 2012

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Sebastian Vettel - 12 December 2012

Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple world champion in F1 history after he won his third consecutive title this year. (Pic/ AFP)

Lionel Messi - 12 December 2012

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Lionel Messi - 12 December 2012

Lionel Messi broke Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record of most goals scored in a calendar year reaching 86 goals (and counting) during his game against Real Betis. Messi also created an all-time record for most goals scored per season surpassing Pele. (Pic/ AFP)

Ravindra Jadeja - 12 December 2012

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Ravindra Jadeja - 12 December 2012

Ravindra Jadeja became the only Indian batsman to score two first-class triple centuries in a single season. In doing so he also became the first Indian batsman to hit three triple centuries.

Ajantha Mendis - 12 December 2012

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Ajantha Mendis - 12 December 2012

Ajantha Mendis set a record for best bowling figures in T20I with 6/8 against Zimbabwe on 18 Sept 2012. (Pic/ AFP)

South Africa - 12 December 2012

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South Africa - 12 December 2012

South Africa created a record for the third highest margin of victory by 258 runs against Sri Lanka on 11 Jan 2012. Sri Lanka’s 43 in the same match is also the fourth lowest total posted by a team in ODIs. (Pic/ AFP)

Richard Levi - 12 December 2012

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Richard Levi - 12 December 2012

Richard Levi hit the fastest century in T20I coming off just 45 balls in a game against New Zealand on 19 Feb 2012. (AFP)

Brendon McCullum - 12 December 2012

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Brendon McCullum - 12 December 2012

Brendon McCullum set the record for the highest score in a T20I game ever (123) and also became the only batsman with two T20I centuries.(Pic/ AFP)

Abul Hasan - 12 December 2012

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Abul Hasan - 12 December 2012

Abul Hasan of Bangladesh scored 113 on his Test debut on 21 Nov 2012. In doing so, he broke a 110-year old record of a no. 10 batsman scoring a Test debut century (The previous being Australia’s Reggie Duff who scored 104 runs). (Pic/ AFP)

Ravichandra Ashwin - 12 December 2012

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Ravichandra Ashwin - 12 December 2012

R Ashwin achieved a combined record 12/85 (6/31 and 6/54) in a Test match against New Zealand on 27 Aug 2012. He thus, became the most successful Indian bowler against NZ also became the fastest Indian to reach 50 Test wickets.

Zimbabwe - 12 December 2012

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Zimbabwe - 12 December 2012

Zimbabwe were bowled out twice in a single day by New Zealand (51 and 143) in a Test match on 28 Jan 2012. This is the second time Zimbabwe were all out twice, the first also being against New Zealand. Chris Martin took a combined of 8/ 31. (Pic/ AFP)