Sports Records That Only Exist Because Of Drugs

At 5'4" and 110 pounds, Wang Junxia is a tiny, tiny lady. But that didn't stop her from stepping all over her opponents at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. It was her second year of professional running, and nobody saw the 20-year-old coming. Within the space of months, Wang set sports records for the women's marathon, the 10K, and the 3K. Then, in September of that year, Wang didn't just break the world record for the women's 10,000-meter run — she smashed it to smithereens, being the previous record by a massive 42 seconds. This also made her the first woman to run 10,000 meters in under 30 minutes, a feat that wouldn't be matched until 2016.

Junxia wasn't done. Three days later, both she and a teammate broke the world record for the 1,500-meter run — as in, she finished first, the teammate placed second, and they both beat the world record. The day after that, little Wang Junxia did it again, setting a new world record in the 3K, only to beat it again the next day. The running world was in a "HOW??" uproar. Well, in 2016 we learned how. Everyone who though Junxia was superhuman was dead wrong. Try super high. Wang Junxia came forward and admitted that she'd been part of a widespread, state-sponsored doping program. Along with her team, Wang was given "large doses of illegal drugs" to fuel their success in the early '90s. It's like how Russia tried to dope tons of its athletes prior to the 2016 Olympics, only they totally got away with it.