World record articles
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19 great pictures from Derry's Rock The Boat World Record Attempt 2024
Here are some of the amazing scenes as crowds gathered and participated in Mayor Patricia Logue’s Guinness World Record ‘Rock The Boat’ challenge in Derry city centre on Saturday.
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WATCH: Guinness World Record Attempt as Derry takes on 'Rock The Boat' challenge
While no official tally has yet been announced, Derry’s ‘Rock The Boat’ challenge in aid of the Mayor’s charities, Foyle Hospice and the Ryan McBride proved a massive success and and has certainly given current record holders Galway a run for their money. Derry needs to beat Galway’s world record of 1,805 people taking part in a peculiar sit down dance conga type dance to The Hues Corporation 1973 hit song – a dance which has been a staple of Irish wedding receptions and other celebrations for...
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Japanese Olympian Ryoyu Kobayashi smashes ski jump world record – video
The Japanese Olympic champion Ryoyu Kobayashi has broken the world record for the longest ski jump after reaching a distance of 291 meters in Akureyri, Iceland. Kobayashi, who has 32 individual wins and two overall World Cup titles as well as individual gold and silver medals at the 2022 Olympics, shattered the ski flying and ski jump world record by 37.5m, previously held by the Austrian Stefan Kraft, who reached 253.5 meters in 2017. 'Of course the fact that I was able to make history here is...