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Windsurfer Albeau trains in wind tunnel to beat world speed record

Not content with 25 world championship titles, windsurfer Antoine Albeau is training to set a new world speed record on what will be a state-of-the-art board.

15/12/2020

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Art industry is 'manipulated' says Sacha Jafri

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Art industry is 'manipulated' says Sacha Jafri

07/12/2020

Poland

World's deepest swimming pool opens its doors in Poland

The previous record belonged to a 42-metre-deep swimming pool in Italy. The new 'Deepspot' pool in Poland won't hold the record for very long, either.

22/11/2020

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Enormous Chinese string dance show sets world record

The World Record Certification Agency said it's "the biggest one around the world".

09/08/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Online youth art projects are promoting creativity and community during COVID-19 ǀ View

On Thursday 21 May, the Art World Records project that Seb Blanc, Rob and I have launched is aiming to break the world record for largest online art lesson.

20/05/2020

Iceland

‘The Mountain’ actor from Game of Thrones sets new deadlift record

Hafthor Bjornsson, who won the title of World’s Strongest Man in 2018, lifted 501kg to set a new world record.

04/05/2020

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Indians may be record-bakers with the world's longest cake

The 6.5 kilometre cake is more than double the length of the previous record holder.

16/01/2020

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Hockey game becomes bear pit as 45,000 teddy bears hit the ice

The Bears, the oldest and most decorated team in the American Hockey League, established a new world record, in Sunday's annual CommunityAid Teddy Bear Toss.

02/12/2019

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Turn a ferris wheel by hand? This Austrian athlete did it!

Tied to ropes attached to the ferris wheel which he pulled with his full weight, Franz Muellner managed to get it moving under conditions he described as "brutal."

28/11/2019

Turkey

Watch: Diver dedicates new world record to Turkish soldiers

Turkish diver Sahika Ercumen has set a world record by swimming 100 metres underwater on one breath, beating the previous record of 90m.

30/10/2019

USA

Kenyan Kosgei beats Radcliffe's marathon world record by 71 seconds

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets new women's marathon world record, beating Paula Radcliffe's 2003 time

13/10/2019

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World War Two veteran breaks own scuba diving record at 96

A 96-year-old World War Two veteran celebrated his birthday on Saturday (August 31) by breaking his own record as the world's oldest active scuba diver for the third year running.

31/08/2019

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Briton Neil Campbell breaks speed world record, cycling at 174mph

A British cyclist claimed the motor-paced speed world record, after cycling a short distance at a staggering 174.34 miles (280.57 kilometres) per hour

18/08/2019

United Kingdom

UK cyclist sets motor-paced speed world record

A UK cyclist has set the motor-paced speed world record.

18/08/2019

Earth News

Ethiopia breaks world record by planting 350 million trees in one day

The east African nation setting an example with an ambitious tree-planting campaign.

02/08/2019

World

Record breaking Egyptian mountaineer Omar Samra talks triumphs and tragedy

Sixteen years ago, Egyptian adventurer Omar Samra turned his back on a successful career in finance to pursue his love of the great outdoors.

26/07/2019

World

Record breakers are rising in the Middle East and North Africa

The Guinness World Records is a benchmarking institution best-known for having authenticated and catalogued feats of human endeavour since 1955.

26/07/2019

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Hot dog weighing 66 pounds attempts Guinness World Record

A massive hot dog weighing in at 66 pounds (29.9 kilograms) attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the 'Largest Hot Dog'.

27/06/2019

Georgia

Watch: Student breaks upside down Rubik's Cube record

Hanging from a bar, the Georgian student solved the puzzle in just 13 seconds.

25/06/2019

United Kingdom

Nurses protest Guinness World Record’s ‘skirt’ policy

After London nurse Jessica Anderson's world record in a nurse uniform was denied by Guinness World Records because she wasn't wearing the correct outfit, nurses across the country shared selfies of their modern-day uniform in protest,

05/05/2019