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The longest bicycle wheelie in one hour is 30.95 km (19.23 mi), and was achieved by Manuel Scheidegger (Switzerland) in Bern, Switzerland on 12 September 2020. [131] Kurt Osburn (nicknamed Wheelie King) from California, United States is the Guinness World Record holder for Longest Bicycle Wheelie, riding on the back wheel of a bicycle. [132]
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It became known that the recumbent bicycle design (where a rider pedals in a reclining position) can be faster than the ordinary bicycle position due to the rider having a smaller frontal area (i.e. making a smaller hole through the wind) which lower the wind resistance.
Ms Ellis currently holds the title of world’s fastest woman on a conventional motorcycle, after she went from a standstill to 264.1 miles per hour (mph) in 2014.
A leading prominent Sri Lankan English-language newspaper edition, the Sunday Observer, was heavily criticised by several Sri Lankan politicians, including Sri Lankan sports minister Namal Rajapaksa, for insulting Abeykoon with the headline "Pathetic Yupun cuts a sorry figure," referring to his 6th-place finish in the men's 100m heat event at ...
As of September 2018, she holds the world record for paced bicycle land speed [1] [2] and is considered "the fastest cyclist on earth". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She set the record on September 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by traveling an average of 183.932 mph (296.009 km/h) on a custom-built carbon KHS bicycle behind a custom-built ...
Sumanthiran Navaratnam (21 May 1925 – 19 October 2023), also known as Sumana Navaratnam [1] or Summa Navaratnam, was a Sri Lankan track and field athlete, rugby union player, coach and business executive. He was regarded as one of the finest sportspeople from Sri Lanka. [2] He was considered as the oldest living Sri Lankan athlete until his ...
Young fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana grabbed a career-best 4-32 and led injury-hit Sri Lanka to a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Thursday. Pathirana consistently ...