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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

RECORD - FAN CHOICE: JUNE 27 - VOTE NOW!


An incredible display of endurance athletics was the clear winner of our fan vote last week.

Maria Conceicao of Portugal quite literally ran away with the honours after receiving 66 per cent of the vote for her record for Fastest time to run an ultra marathon on each continent (female).

Every Friday here, we pick five records recently approved by our expert Records Management Team. We'll give you a little background on each and then ask you to vote for your favourite. The winners from each week, like Maria, will be entered into an end-of-year bracket to determine the Fan Choice record of the year.

Read about our 2013 Fan Choice Record of the Year winner here.

This week's list of nominees vying for your vote includes a super-sized pinball machine, and one very determined skier.



MOST SWIM CAPS WORN AT ONCE

Record: 21

Holder: Louis Carter (USA)

Location: Thomasville, Georgia, USA

That's not all: Young Louis broke the world record set by serial record breaker Alastair Galpin back in 2012.



LARGEST PINBALL MACHINE

Record: 16.4 m (53 ft 9 in) long, 7.5 m (24 ft 7in) wide and 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in) tall

Holder: Heineken Italia

Location: Porta Genova, Milan, Italy

That's not all: More than 500 games of pinball were played on the super-sized machine during a five-day festival.



MOST PEOPLE SENDING A POSTCARD FROM A SINGLE LOCATION SIMULTANEOUSLY

Record: 17,599

Holder: Dr. Vikrant Pandey (I.A.S.) and Team Valsad (both India)

Location: Bulsar District Cricket Association (BDCA) Cricket Stadium, Valsad, India

That's not all: The record was attempted during the Indian national election period and the theme chosen for the postcards was a note of thanks to the voters for exercising their right to vote and contributing to democracy.



MOST PEOPLE READING ALOUD SIMULTANEOUSLY - SINGLE LOCATION

Record: 46,660

Holder: Art Of Living Foundation (India)

Location: Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur, India

That's not all: The participants recited the Njanappana, a poem written by the 16th century poet Poonthanam. The event was organised by The Art Of Living Foundation to promote peace and non violence in the area.


MOST COUNTRIES SKIED IN (ONE MONTH)

Record: 17

Holder: Jamie Stevenson (UK)

That's not all: Jamiestarted in Cairngorms, Scotland, on 1 March and finished in Oslo, Norway, on 21 March 2014, having skied in the following countries: Scotland, Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway..

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