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Ice Skating
Lucinda Ruh of New York can spin 270 revolutions per minute, thats 5 full turns a second!
Submitted by Linda Stone (), Manhattan
Youngest Channel Swimmer
The youngest swimmer of the English Channel is 12 years old Marcus Hooper. The South London school boy took 14 hours and 37 minutes to make the crossing in August 1979
Submitted by Sharath Ranatunga (), Mauritius
Darts
More people play Darts in the British Isles than any other sporting pastime. The National Darts Association of Great Britain was formed in 1953
Submitted by Sharath Ranatunga (), Mauritius
First Horse Show
The first international Horse Show was held at Turin in 1901 when German and Swiss Army Officers competed against the Italians!
Submitted by Konkona Sensharma (),
Toughest Motor Rally
The World's toughest motor rally is said to be the 3000 miles five-day Kenya Safari Rally. In 1981, Kenyan Chandreshekhar Khimji became the first man to achieve a hat-trick.
Submitted by R K Premi (), Maldives
Tossing the Caber!
In the Scottish sport of Tossing the Caber, it is not the distance that counts, but the position in which the caber lands that matters. The Caber has to be somersaulted so that one end passes vertically over the other. The nearest to a perfect toss wins!
Submitted by Sean Ryder (), Scotland
Women's Olympics!
Women were not allowed to take part in the original Olympic Games. They were able to enter the Paris Olympics of 1900, in Tennis.
Submitted by Susanne 'Quipy' (),
Fastest Motorcycle Circuit
The fastest motorcycle road circuit is said to be the Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium.
It is 8 miles 134.0 yards (14.100kilometers) in length and has been lapped by Barry Sheene at 135kmph.
Submitted by Frank Kemsley (), Italy
Submarine Chess
During World War II, the U.S. navy hired Reuben Fine, a world champion chess player,
to calculate the probability of where enemy submarines might surface!
Submitted by Sharon (), usa
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