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World Records Most Likely to Be Broken at the 2016 Rio Olympics

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Olympic viewers want to see world records. It's why NBC shows the world-record-pace line during swimming telecasts, and it's constantly part of the conversation during track and field.

Both sports have a handful of competitors with a chance to break a world record over the next few weeks in Rio de Janeiro, mostly on the women's side.

This cheat sheet will help you witness history in Brazil. Let's take a look at the records in jeopardy during the 2016 Summer Games.

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