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Blue diamond fetches record price
Geneva :: Switzerland | 6 months ago
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It weighs 7.03 carats, is smaller than a penny piece, and is one of only a handful of blue diamonds in existence. The anonymous phone bidder has yet to name the gem, mounted on a platinum ring, auctioneers Sotheby's said...Auctioneer David Bennett said:...
Tags: blue diamond, record price, Sotheby, highest price, world record, diamond fetches
Japanese teenager sets backstroke world record
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
Credibility Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie set a world record in the men's 200m backstroke at a "Duel in the Pool" meet against Australia on Sunday. Irie set a time of 1:52.86s, beating the previous record held by American Ryan Lochte by 1.08 seconds. Lochte set the...
Tags: world record, Ryan Lochte, Australia, Ryosuke Irie, irie set, backstroke world, metre backstroke, Japan
Dan Magness breaks world keepy-up record
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility After about 208,333 touches of the football, Dan Magness became a world record holder this morning. The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes kept the ball in the air with his feet, thighs, chest and head during 19-and-a-half hours of kick-ups in Central London.
Tags: Central London, world record
Bousquet pips new world record holder Bernard in 100m
Montpellier :: France | 7 months ago
Credibility Frederick Bousquet upset new world record holder Alan Bernard in a pulsating 100m freestyle final at the French championships on Friday. Bousquet clocked a best time of 47.15 sec to beat Bernard by 0.36 of a second and clinch the remaining spot for this...
Swimming: Alain Bernard breaks world record in 100 freestyle
Montpellier :: France | 7 months ago
Credibility Alain Bernard of France broke the world record in the 100-meter freestyle at the French championships Thursday, becoming the first swimmer to go under the 47-second mark. Bernard won his semifinal race Thursday in 46.94 seconds, beating Australian swimmer...
Tags: Alain Bernard, world record, Eamon Sullivan, France, meter freestyle, 100m freestyle, swimmer alain
Wanjiru hungry for London record
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility The Olympic marathon gold medalist, Sammy Wanjiru Sitting in the Tower Hotel next door to London's landmark bridge yesterday, Sammy Wanjiru was asked whether he still had "the hunger" as an athlete, having struck Olympic marathon gold in Beijing last...
Tags: Sammy Wanjiru, Flora London Marathon, world record, olympic marathon, Martin Lel, marathon champion
Business grants hacked back
Auckland :: New Zealand | 7 months ago
Credibility Grants for businesses are to be slashed in half as part of a revamp of business and export-assistance programmes at Trade and Enterprise. Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee said yesterday that a new "single flexible fund" would be created and...
Tags: NZPA, Auckland, job summit, Ministry of Economic Development, minister john, John Key, world record, prime minister
Eurosport, UK & Ireland: Olympic champion Robles targets June return
Prague :: Czech Republic | 7 months ago
Credibility Cuba's Olympic 110m hurdles champion and world record holder Dayron Robles, whose indoor season was cut short by a thigh injury in February, will return to the track in June, his coach said on Thursday. "There will be three weeks where we can prepare...
Tags: Dayron Robles, Czech Golden Spike, world record, 110m hurdles
Spaniard Blanco beats 50m butterfly world record
Madrid :: Spain | 8 months ago
Credibility Spaniard swimmer Rafael Blanco Sunday beat the world record of 50m butterfly, timing 22.43 seconds in the Spain's championship held in Malaga, south of Spain. The previous mark was held by South African Roland Schoeman in 22.96 seconds at the World...
Tags: 50m butterfly, world record
Examiner.com: Anchorage, Alaska: Greg LeMond (with the help of 3,000 friends) hopes to set unique world cycling record
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Nearly 20 years since the last of his three Tour de France victories, Greg LeMond making cycling news — sometimes for advocacy, other times in controversy. LeMond's latest adventure is a charity event May 17 in his home state, Minnesota. LeMonds hopes...
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