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What are the Commonwealth Games?

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth games series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Learn More about Commonwealth Games: The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they are the third-largest multi-sport event in the world, after the …

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2018 Commonwealth Games: Gold Coast Medal Table

Commonwealth Games

Host city: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Motto: Share the Dream Nations participating: 71 Commonwealth Teams Events: 75 in 19 sports Opening ceremony: 4 April, 2018 Closing ceremony: 15 April, 2018 The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that is …

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Fastest 100 km barefoot (male)

Fastest 100 km barefoot (male)

Burlington, Vermont, USA – September 1, 2017 – Runner Teage O’Connor finished 62 miles (100 km) in seven hours and 13 minutes on the University of Vermont’s track, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest 100km barefoot (male). Photo: Teage O’Connor took the title of fastest runner sans footwear in the 100K category by completing the 62 miles …

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Most people fidget spinning in one place

Most people fidget spinning in one place

New Plymouth, New Zealand – August 15, 2017 – More than 400 students of Bell Block Primary packed into their school hall armed with fidget spinners; a digital clock timed the twiddling mob as they spun for 30 seconds while dancing to “intense suspenseful background” musics, thus setting the new world record for the Most people fidget spinning in one …

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Largest cheerleading pyramid

Largest cheerleading pyramid

Tauranga, New Zealand – August 8, 2017 – Sixty cheerleaders made a giant pyramid during a national cheerleading competition in Tauranga, breaking the current Guinness World Record of 46 and setting the new world record for the Largest cheerleading pyramid. Photo: Sixty cheerleaders made the World’s Largest Cheerleading Pyramid during a national cheerleading competition in Tauranga. The Guinness World Records …

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Largest human camera

Largest human camera

Rome, Italy – June 28, 2017 – To celebrate its upcoming 100th anniversary on July 25th, 2017, Nikon has created a new world record when over 1,000 people stood together in different coloured T-shirts around in the courtyard of a beautiful Italian building, setting the new world record for the Largest human camera. Photo: Japanese imaging giant Nikon has created …

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Largest human image of a bicycle

Largest human image of a bicycle

Auckland, New Zealand – June 14, 2017 – It took 1799 students from Glen Eden Intermediate, Kaurilands, Konini and Oratia schools five minutes standing under the winter sun to accomplish the World Record for the largest human bike image. Photo: A group of 1799 school children, teachers and parents claimed the World Record title for the ‘largest human image of …

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