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"Treadathalon." World Record Treadmill Runner Christopher Bergland

treadmill in twenty-four hours

Christopher Bergland set an amazing record, logging 247.45 km [153.76 miles] in 24 hours on a treadmill. On Friday, April 30 2004 at 8:05 AM. Kiehl's flagship store.

Most push-ups in 30 MINUTES
700 Paddy Doyle (GWR), 20 March 2001, Staminas Boxing Martial Arts Centre Erdington, Birmingham.

Most back of the hand push-ups in 1 hour

1303 Paddy Doyle (GWR), 21 March 2001, Staminas Boxing Martial Arts Centre Erdington, Birmingham

World's fittest Athlete Champion

Paddy Doyle 17 hours, 12 minutes & 33 seconds

.2 mile swim . 20 mile row

.10 mile plus 1 quarter mile run . 20 mile plus 1 quarter mile cross trainer

.10 mile speed march . 100 mile plus 3 quarter mile cycle

. 550 star jumps . 3010 sit up crunches

. 505 hanging leg lifts . 300, 000 lb weightlifting, various lifts.

February 27, 2006

Most full contact martial arts kicks in one hour

Paddy Doyle 2,805 kicks at the world record games in starnberg Germany 2,805 November 7, 2004.

Most Swimming World Records

The highest number of swimming world records set is 42, by Denmark's Ragnhild Hveger between 1936 and 1942. The most records set by a man is 32, by Sweden's Arne Borg between 1921 and 1929.

Most Diving World Championships
Greg Louganis of the USA, won a record five world titles: highboard in 1978, and both highboard and springboard in 1982 and 1986, as well as four Olympic gold medals in 1984 and 1988.

Fastest Ball Sport
The fastest projectile speed in any moving ball game is approximately 302 km/h (188 mph) in Jai-Alai. This compares with around 270 km/h (170 mph) for a golf ball driven off a tee. The word Jai-Alai actually means "merry festival" in Basque and professional Jai-Alai in America started in Miami in 1926. The game originated in the Basque area of Spain's Pyrenees Mountains over 300 years ago.

Longest Soft ball marathon

The longest game of softball played was one of 55 hr 11 min at St Mary's Rugby Football Club, Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland, on April30–May 2.

Most weight lifiting Titles

The most weightlifting world title wins, including the Olympic Games, is 10, by Turkey's Naim Suleymanoglü (b. January 23, 1967), in 1985–6, 1988–9

Fastest speed on a skateboard

Gary Hardwick of Carlsbad, California, USA, set a skateboard speed record (maintaining a standing position) of 100.66 km/h (62.55 mph) at Fountain .

highest air on a skateboard

Professional skateboarder Danny Way performed a 5.56 m (18.25 ft) method air off the top of a 6 m (20 ft) quarterpipe at Point X Camp near Aguanga.

most snowboarding world titles

The most titles (including Olympic titles) won is three, by France's Karine Ruby. She won the giant slalom in 1996, the Olympic title in 1998 and the .

largest skateboard rail grind

American professional skateboarder Chad Fernandez performed the world's longest skateboard rail grind, achieving 10.31 m (36 ft 9 in) on the .

speed skydiving

The highest speed ever reached in a speed skydiving competition is 524.13 kmph (325.67 mph) by France's Michael Brooke at the Millennium Speed.

oldest skydiver

Estrid Geertsen (Denmark, b. August 1, 1904) made a tandem parachute jump at the age of 99 years 61 days over Roskilde Airport, denmark

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