Athlete's 200m 'record' only 185m – News Review reviews

August 10, 2022



Learn English vocabulary to talk about the news. In a race being run by athletes in different locations, it looked like 200m sprinter Noah Lyles had broken Usain Bolt’s world record. However, it turns out that Lyles had accidentally only run 185m. Neil and Georgina look at the vocabulary in the news around this story.

Video chapters
0:00 – Introduction
1:22 – The story
2:10 – Headline 1: Noah Lyles: Sprinter ‘beats’ Usain Bolt’s 200m world record before blunder is uncovered
4:30 – Headline 2: Noah Lyles breaks 200m world record — but then it transpires he only ran 185m
6:40 – Headline 3: American Noah Lyles smashes Usain Bolt’s 200m record – before being told he had only run 185m in a mix-up over using the right STARTING LINE… with commentator Steve Cram left laughing in disbelief!
8:57 – Language summary

The story

A pretty spectacular mistake last night left athletics commentator Steve Cram almost lost for words. ‘Here’s Lyles he’s about to finish. That cannot be right! That cannot be right’. ‘I was about to say the exact same thing’. Yeah, this is the kind of stuff you can’t make up. US sprinter Noah Lyles was racing against two other athletes over 200m all in different locations using a special timing system and he is very fast, but he’s not that fast. He crossed the line in a time that would have smashed Usain Bolt’s world record only to find out… ‘He started at the wrong start line – ran 185 metres – make of that what you will’. So he was 15 metres short. It means he technically didn’t complete the race. He was moved into third place, so he didn’t bag the £8,000 prize either. Not his best day out.

Key words and phrases

blunder
careless or serious mistake

* Tactical blunders cost him the election.
* He blunders around knocking things over – he’s very clumsy.

transpires
becomes apparent

* The electricity didn’t work but then it transpired we hadn’t paid the bill.
* It transpired after the court case that he’d committed the same crime before.

mix-up
mistake that creates confusion

* It was a very embarrassing mix-up for the politician.
* The ticket mix-up meant they missed half the game.

To download the audio and test your understanding, go to our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-14/session-151

*Please note: We have decided to activate YouTube’s automatic subtitles on this video. The BBC is not responsible for the accuracy of YouTube automatic subtitles.

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36 Comments
  1. Reply
    BBC Learning English August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

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  2. Blunder(noun)
    To make a blunder c
    Careless or serious mistake

    To blunder around. (V)

    Transpire
    Becomes apparent
    Mix-up
    Mistakes That create confusion

  3. I don't make any blunder. 😂

  4. Reply
    Elhadj Bhoye Diallo August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Good.with subtitles it is very easy

  5. I made a blunder on my exam paper, my name wasn't on it.
    My English is lack of fluency, which transpires I don't have sufficient practice.
    The mix up of spices order would make Georgina confused a lot when cooking.

  6. Reply
    حمص العدية سوريا حمص August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    I love English too

  7. Reply
    حمص العدية سوريا حمص August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    kood

  8. Reply
    David Wealthy Guerrero August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    =) I love you guys! Keep growing on! Hugs

  9. sometimes subtitles come over the summary and we cannot read the sentence.Plz check it out for the convenience of the audience.Thanks a lot fr teaching.

  10. I like about this series is, can learn eglish along with current news

  11. Blunder and Flounder sounds the same.
    Moonlight become transpires when the sky is dark
    The puto ingredients mix up with the pancakes

  12. Reply
    White Gamer ⁰⁰²³ August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    I will get you biscuits Georgina!

  13. After watching this video, It transpired BBCLE is a great place to learn English. Stay safe and keep up your great work.

  14. I made a blunder when I went to airpot at land time fly instead of departure time

  15. I have learn four new words through this video.

  16. I made many blunders. It is a kind of mix-up. These transpire I'm silly.

    I like Georgina's fashion. It's summery.

  17. Hello both of you
    What a disappointment for the runner !
    In French, we have as well as you, the verb Transpire. It means either to sweat or to become known, to come to light, to emerge. Thanks a lot for your teaching.

  18. Georgina has beautiful blue earrings.

  19. A blunder transpired was when I chose too many items from the supermarket but did not bring enough money for it. It brought a mix-up feeling to the cashier that he had to help by paying a petty cash on my grocery. OMG

  20. Reply
    Alexander Grigoriev August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Wow, did anyone else notice how dashing Georgina looked today?

  21. Reply
    منوعات تعلم بنفسك August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Could you write the transcription and stress for the new vocabs please?
    And thanks a lot . I'm learning a lot from you❤️

  22. subtitles are back!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

    I love you, BBC Learning English!!

    …BTW, I'd appreciate it if you could also turn on automated subtitles for the great archives of News Review, some part of which I still can't catch no matter how hard I try😭
    I would rather watch Neil, Sian and Finn speaking again !;they did great job. they left a great fortune for me.
    I personally think it's a shame if we can't really understand what they spoke, those great asset the former personalities left for us. If we can do so, I believe the fruits of their labor truely, in more ways than one, pay off.
    Of course the current personalities are very good. I love all of them!!

  23. Reply
    Gerardo Echeverría August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    I miss to Christina ):

  24. Thanks for your endeavor.

  25. Thanks guys

  26. Do you guys have podcast ?

  27. Reply
    _#TODAY'S NEWS ABOUT BTS#_ BTS_ARMY August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    I made a blunder when I didn't search your channel before 2 weeks.How unfair it is.Break a leg that guy who " breaks" the record with misunderstanding.

  28. Thank you so much. I'm able to learn 3 new words through this video. 😍😍😍

  29. Tanx a lot

  30. I made a blunder because i did not buy a stock of Tesla company couple years ago

  31. while I was walking on the street and I farted by mistake but then it transpired that I pooped on my pants. this sentence is correct?

  32. A blunder at the right time is better than cleverness at the wrong time

  33. Reply
    زِّهّوٌرةّ August 10, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Thank you Free Mag
    🌹🌷🌺✨

  34. Today I learnt 3 new words.
    Thanks a lot!

  35. always helps me here learn english

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