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Man arrested for unlicensed gun in Laguna
San Pedro :: Philippines | 4 months ago
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LIM, Laguna A man was arrested in Alaminos town, Laguna, early Wednesday, after police recovered from him un unlicensed gun and ammunition, an official said. Wilson Lentuya, 25, was arrested during a raid conducted by the police inside a videoke bar...
Tags: Laguna, world records
Rickard smashes record to win 100 breaststroke
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility ROME: Australia's Brenton Rickard lived up to his billing as favourite by smashing the world record to win the men's 100 metres breaststroke final at the world championships on Monday. Rickard sped through Rome's open air pool in 58.58 seconds, beating...
Tags: world records
Rickard, Sjostrom set more world records
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden has kept up the assault on the record book at the world swimming championships, breaking the mark she set a day earlier to win the 100-meter butterfly. Sjostrom touched in 56.06 seconds Monday, easily knocking off her semifinal...
Tags: Brenton Rickard, Rome, world records
Swimming records falling fast at World Championships
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Kukors, who broke the world record she set on Sunday in the semifinals, didn't even qualify for the event at the recent U.S. nationals, placing third at Indianapolis. She only got into the individual medley at worlds when teammate Elizabeth Pelton withdrew...
Tags: world championships, Rome, Aaron Peirsol, world records, Hannah Miley, Liam Tancock, swim championships, individual medley, 100m backstroke, world swim
Records tumbling at swimming worlds
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Federica Pellegrini broke her own world record in the 400-metre freestyle, and it's the first time in history that a woman has eclipsed the four-minute mark in the event. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) Four records have already tumbled during the first day...
Tags: Michael Phelps, meter freestyle, world championships, world records, freestyle relay
Italian Federica Pellegrini leads Euro charge in pool
Fina :: Burkina Faso | 4 months ago
Credibility The 20-year-old heads to Rome, where the long course swimming begins today, as the host nation's main hopes for gold following a string of controversies surrounding world records, costumes and body piercings. She is hot favorite for Tuesday's 200-meter...
Tags: Speedo LZR, world records
Rice and Phelps' embrace fuels rumours
Fina :: Burkina Faso | 4 months ago
Credibility Australian golden girl Rice has gone to great lengths to keep her obvious affection for Phelps a secret, but the pair yesterday simply couldn't hide their delight at a chance meeting in the water at Rome's Foro Italico. Preparing to defend their positions...
Tags: American Michael Phelps, Rome, world records, world championship, Beijing, gold medals
Ho, du Toit disappoint in 10k
Fina :: Burkina Faso | 4 months ago
Credibility South Africa's Chad Ho retained 23rd place in the men's 10km open water race at the Fina World Aquatics Championships in Rome with the results remaining unchanged on Thursday after an appeal by the US team was upheld. Ho was third in the 5km race on Tuesday...
Tags: Rome, world championship, AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, Michael Phelps, swim championship, United States, tech suit, world records, fina swim, stating swim
Daily Telegraph, UK: 582 drummers set new world record
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility The charity event, called Stick It To MS, has so far raised £20,000 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, although organisers hope to reach £50,000. Drummers as young as five and as old as 50 travelled from across the UK to take part in the record bid,...
Tags: world records
A record-setting public shower in Gurnee?
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Soap suds, sponges, sun and a whole lot of strangers showering together. It was a wet and wild time at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee today when more than 150 people lathered up in unison in an attempt to set two Guinness World Records in one try:...
Tags: Pert Plus, world records
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