Animal Olympics: winners of the wildlife world

Animal Olympics: the world's wildlife winners

Thousands of athletes are competing in the London Olympics, but which animals are the world's fastest and strongest?

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Humans: Having reached a record speed of 37.6km/h, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (pictured, centre) is the fastest man on Earth today. The human weightlifting record for the ‘clean and jerk’ lift is 283kg, and the world power-lifting record for the squat is 457.5kg. One of the greatest recorded human endurance performances was Scott’s Antarctic expedition, which saw Scott and his team man-haul their gear for 2500km from the Antarctic rim to the South Pole and back over 159 days.

Photo Credit: DANIEL SANNUM LAUTEN/AFP/Getty Images

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