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Swimming: Marshall breaks 50m backstroke world record
Singapore :: Singapore | about 8 hours ago
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American Peter Marshall broke his own shortcourse 50m backstroke world record at the World Cup swimming meet here on Sunday. Marshall clocked 22.61secs to shave a fraction of a second off his previous record of 22.73 set in Stockholm earlier this month.
Tags: world cup, Singapore Updated, shortcourse world, world records, Singapore, swimming, FINA Swimming World Cup, Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, allnews, Leisel Jones, Therese Alshammar, Jessicah Schipper, Peter Marshall
Swimming: More world records expected in Singapore
Singapore :: Singapore | 2 days ago
Credibility The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore on Saturday with expectations high that world records will fall. Sixteen new marks were set in Berlin last weekend with the vast majority achieved by athletes wearing the...
Tags: Van der Burgh, Cameron van der Burgh, world records, world cup, Berlin, Leisel Jones, Singapore, Aaron Peirsol, Libby Trickett, Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, swimming, Jessica Hardy, Human Interest, allnews
Worlds Biggest Dog
Over the past two odd decades, there have been many dogs which have been featured in the Guinness book of world records for their extremities. Leading the list of such hounds is Hercules, an English Mastiff, which was inducted in the Guinness book...
Tags: Hercules, biggest dogs, Ray Fernandez, world biggest, Molossers, Flynn, Dog breeds, guinness booked, Human Interest, world largest, Wendy, english mastiff, Zorba&, allnews, world records, South Africa, largest dogs, Cape Town, Biggest Dog
McGlashan set new world record with 12 catches
Whangarei :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility Northern Districts wicketkeeper Peter McGlashan grasped a piece of first-class cricket history today when gloving a record 12th catch against Central Districts in Whangarei. McGlashan set a record for wicketkeeping dismissals in New Zealand first-class...
Tags: Peter McGlashan, world records, New Zealand, northern district, wicketkeeper peter, Whangarei, nd keeper, Plunket Shield, innings whangarei, district wicketkeeper, Northern Districts Knights, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Wayne James, Wicket-keeper, allnews, Cricket in New Zealand, New Zealand national cricket team, Hoaxes, Narratology, Art forgery, Forgery, Deception, Fraud, False document, Law Crime, Manukau City, Auckland, Territorial Authorities of New Zealand, Auckland Region
Flying Scotsman Graeme Obree crashes with depression
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
Credibility Obree has been forced to abandon a comeback after a new world record attempt left the Scottish cyclist in a pit of depression. Obree announced earlier this year he was attempting to break cycling's one-hour world record again at the age of 44...Eventually,...
Tags: Scotsman Graeme Obree, GRAEME Obree, world records, mental illness, hour records, flying scotsman, South Africa, Cape Town, Hour record, Olympic sports, Jason MacIntyre, Jonny Lee Miller, Irvine North Ayrshire, Track cycling, The Flying Scotsman
Oldest American 'Pat' Thomas dead at 114
Williamsville :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Olivia Thomas, the oldest person in the United States, died this week at the age of 114, the nursing home near Buffalo, N.Y., where she lived said. Thomas, who was known to her friends as "Pat," died Monday at the St. Francis Home of Williamsville where...
Tags: N.Y, Olivia Patricia Thomas, Olivia Thomas, oldest person, Williamsville, World records, Oldest people, Mary Josephine Ray, Supercentenarian, Gerontology Research Group, Gerontology, Kama Chinen, Demography, Human Interest
Swimming: Phelps vows comeback after World Cup failures
Lausanne :: Switzerland | 6 days ago
Credibility Beijing Olympic star Michael Phelps insisted he would use his poor form at Berlin's world record-laden shortcourse World Cup meet as future motivation with an eye on the London 2012 Games. Phelps won a historic eight gold medals in Beijing last year,...
Tags: world records, Michael Phelps, Switzerland, Lausanne, Water polo, Swimming, Swimsuits, FINA World Aquatics Championships, Competitive diving, FINA, Human Interest, allnews
Swimming: Jones breaks second world record, eyes London 2012
Berlin :: Germany | 6 days ago
Credibility Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones finished the weekend with two new world records after adding 200m breaststroke success on Sunday to her 100m triumph at the shortcourse World Cup meet here. The 24-year-old, who won two golds and a silver in Beijing's...
Tags: Leisel Jones, 200m breaststroke, world records, Beijing, Germany, Berlin, Brenton Rickard, Human Interest, Annamay Pierse, Tarnee White, allnews
Records tumble all around hapless Phelps
Berlin :: Germany | 7 days ago
Credibility Out-of-shape swimming superstar Michael Phelps again struggled as an unprecedented 16 records were set at the World Cup short-course event in Berlin this weekend. Six new marks were set on Saturday and another 10 on Sunday, but the American could only...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Paul Biedermann, individual medley, world cup, 200m freestyle, world records, Beijing, beijing olympics, 200m individual, Germany, Berlin, Grant Hackett, Leisel Jones, allnews, Michael Klim, Ryan Lochte, Jessica Hardy, Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Biedermann, Peter Vanderkaay, World records at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade, Oussama Mellouli, Medley swimming
HealthQuest lifters haul in medals
Reno :: NV :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Six weightlifters from Napa’s HealthQuest Fitness Center and Swim School recently traveled to Reno, Nev., and returned with several medals...The Worlds event took place Oct. 26-Nov. 1, with representatives from 20 countries and 12 states. Bonifield has...
Tags: bench press, weight class, Mike Bonifield, Healthquest, world records, Reno, Individual sports, Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting
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