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It's generally acknowledged that Yelena Isinbayeva has been doing exactly that in the pole vault over the last few years.

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And Sergei Bubka before him. Bubka set 18 indoor and 17 outdoor world records in the space of 10 years, often beating is old record by only 1 or 2 cm. There is no way he would have jumped like that if he didn't get a bonus for each record he set.

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