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Guinness effort lands doctors in a soup
Madurai :: India | 3 months ago
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Doctors in the oncology department of Rajaji Hospital in Madurai felt the feat would earn them a place in the Guinness Book. Instead, it has landed them in controversy. The medical fraternity has been near unanimous in condemning them for putting the...
Tags: world records, cancer surgeries
Bolt roadshow continues at Zurich Golden League
Zurich :: Switzerland | 3 months ago
Credibility The presence of Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has guaranteed that the fifth of the six-leg Golden League on Friday (today) will be a sell-out after his treble world gold medal haul...Bolt, who set new world records in the 100 and 200m (9.58 and...
Tags: Jamaican Asafa Powell, Zurich, world records, golden league
New Scientist: Gender bending the rules for Caster Semenya
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
Credibility For similar stories, visit the Editorials Topic Guide IN 1957 female high jumper Dora Ratjen made an amazing confession: she was a man. Ratjen (real name Hermann), who had competed for Germany in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin and broke the women's...
Tags: Stella Walsh, world records
Bolt keen to compete in long jump
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
Credibility Bolt set five world records on his way to winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in Berlin and in Beijing before that. "I'd love to try the long jump before I retire because I think I'd be very good at it," said the 23-year-old Jamaican. Bolt has also floated...
Tags: Usain Bolt, long jump, Berlin, world championships, world records, gold medals
What you might have missed
Beijing :: China | 3 months ago
Credibility While you were in the land of Nod, the world's fastest man won another gold medal and Australia's Steve Hooker soared for a world title. Bolt has delivered on his promise to win three gold medals but couldn't pull off a treble of world records. Jamaica...
Tags: Steve Hooker, world records, world championships, Australia, pole vault, gold medals
Parade of 325 buses sets a world record
Doha :: Qatar | 3 months ago
Credibility Merely five months after it successfully set two Guinness world records for the largest bowl of pasta and the longest line of sandwiches, Qatar claimed yet another feat setting the world record for the largest parade of buses yesterday. With assistance...
Tags: world records, Mowasalat
Picture of the Day › Marathon man
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
Credibility Atsushi Sato of Japan wraps a Japanese flag around himself after finishing sixth in the men’s marathon in front of the Brandenburg Gate during the world athletics championships in Berlin on Saturday. Sato clocked 2 hours, 12 minutes, 5 seconds, while...
Tags: world records, Bolt Usain Bolt, Superstar Usain Bolt, Jamaica, world championship, golds medals, Berlin, meter relay, athletics championship, world athletics
Bolt wins another gold, another world record
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
Credibility Usain Bolt's hunger for world records continued at the world championships Thursday when he won the 200m title in a staggering 19.19 seconds. The Jamaican star bettered the mark of 19.30 he set in the Olympic final in Beijing Aug 20, 2008, towering high...
Tags: LaShawn Merritt, world championship, Berlin, Jamaican Usain Bolt, world records, world athlete, athlete championship, Jeremy Wariner, United States, Allyson Felix
Austin American-Statesman: Louisiana Hayride gets into Music Hall of Fame
Shreveport :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility La. — The Shreveport-based country music show known as the Louisiana Hayride is set to be inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. The show, which ran from 1948 to 1960, hosted such country music greats as Jimmie Davis, Floyd Cramer, Webb Pierce...
Tags: Louisiana Hayride, world records
Bolt wins 200m gold with World record
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
Credibility Write a Comment U sain Bolt won the 200 metres gold at the World Athletics Championships in a World record time of 19.19 seconds on Thursday. The Jamaican who dominated the 100 and 200 metres at last year's Summer Olympics [ Images ], was already the...
Tags: world records, Usain Bolt, world championship, Caster Semenya, Berlin, south african, Beijing, gold medal, Melaine Walker of Jamaica, olympic stadium
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