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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Fredy Nock, member of the Swiss Nock circus family, has set a new world record for the longest and highest altitude tightrope walk, balancing his way along 160 metres of rope next to the Jungfrau in central Switzerland. The walk, Tuesday 30 August, surprised and enchanted a crowd of hikers and tourists [...]
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – MS Tûranor PlanetSolar has made it across the Atlantic in 26 days, 19 hours and 10 minutes, one of the founders of the Swiss solar boat project, Raphael Domjan, says. The team is seeking official confirmation that it has set a new world record for a solarboat crossing the Atlantic. It [...]
Sion, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A Valais woman who was training to beat the women’s world record for scuba diving has died in Egypt. Brigitte Lenoir, 40, of Monthey, was training at Dahab when the accident occurred Friday 14 May, at -147 metres, as she was surfacing after a dive to -200m. Her body has [...]
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Weltklasse meeting saw a world record: but not in the event that the crowd was hoping for. Usain Bolt won the 100m, but his time of 9.81 seconds was some way off his Berlin record of 9.58. His fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell was second in 9.88. Jamaica showed the depth [...]
Berlin, Germany (GenevaLunch) – Usain Bolt matched his performance in the 100 metres with another record-smashing race in the 200 metres. He broke his own world record of 19.30 seconds by 0.11 to register a 19.19 time. He also broke his 100m record by 0.11. He is the first athlete to hold the Olympic and [...]
Berlin, Germany (GenevaLunch) – Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt smashed his own world record as he won the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds. The previous best was his 9.69 winning time at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. American Tyson Gay was second in 9.71 while Jamaican Asafa Powell was third in 9.84. According to Sports Illlustrated “It [...]
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