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As 2024 comes to a close, we took a look at some of the oddest Guinness World Records of the year.
Numerous world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Some events, such as rowing, occur under variable weather conditions that can unfairly benefit an athlete's performance through no fault of their own.
The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2024 edition, it is now in its 69th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics was an international parasports event held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The event featured around 4400 athletes across 22 different sports. [1] In total, 80 World records and 120 Paralympic records have been broken in the event. [2]
The list also includes one book that won two categories: Romance queen Emily Henry's "Funny Story" was readers' pick for both "Best Romance" and "Best Audiobook," which was a newly introduced ...
World Record: Snatch Yeison López (COL) 182 kg: Phuket, Thailand: 6 April 2024 Clean & Jerk Karlos Nasar (BUL) 224 kg: Paris, France: 9 August 2024 Total Karlos Nasar (BUL) 404 kg: Paris, France: 9 August 2024
Simon Elmore won the Guinness World Record for most straws in the mouth on August 6, 2009. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. 2.
Name Nation Event Location Date Ref Recurve 72 arrow ranking round 694 Lim Si-hyeon South Korea (KOR) 2024 Olympics: Paris: 25 July 2024 [7] 216 arrow team ranking round 2053 Chang Hye-jin. Kang Chae-young Lee Eun-gyeong South Korea (KOR) 2018 Archery World Cup: Antalya, Turkey: 21 May 2018 [7] Recurve (Open) 72 arrow ranking round 674 ...