British knitting speedster stitches up world record
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A 52-year-old mother from Scotland's remote Shetland Islands knitted her way to international fame, in a flurry of needlework that outstitched the competition at the World Speed Knitting Championships.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman in the world, winning the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games here Saturday evening.
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A Spanish supercomputer built by IBM has captured the world speed record for a machine using standard blade servers.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Darren Clarke smashed the course record as he sealed victory in the Taiheiyo Masters. Clarke was 22 under for the tournament after a final round of 68 which left him six shots ahead of Britain&#39;s Lee Westwood and Japan&#39;s Nozomi Kawahara.
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Yelena Isinbayeva wins the battle of the Russians and sets a new world record.
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British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur set sail in an attempt to set a new solo round-the-world record.
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SINGAPORE - From the fastest backward talking to stuffing the most hamburgers into their mouths, 20 Singaporeans are gearing up for a slew of wacky feats this weekend they hope will land them in the Guinness Book of World Records.   "Who can slurp down a bottle of tomato ketchup in the fastest time?" blared the news release announcing the two-day event...
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DIY Network will stage its version of Super Bowl XLI in Miami: Super Knit Sunday encouraging needle enthusiasts to knit or crochet squares for charity.  A marathon of Knitty Gritty Feb.
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A SINGAPOREAN man broke the world record for eating three cream crackers in the fastest time as part of a wacky competition involving attempts at breaking 10 Guinness World Records.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - World Cup leader Bode Miller barreled his way into skiing history Sunday, collecting his third consecutive win.
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Alan Webb runs the fastest 1,500 meters of 2007 at the Gaz de France meet and Sanya Richards sets a season's best time of 49.52 seconds in the women's 400 meters.
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Ethiopian Meseret Defar shattered the women's world indoor record for the two-mile run at the Boston Indoor Games on Saturday.
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Online retailer says it set new records this year.
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Politics: 8 October 2004, Friday. A Bulgarian man is eying the Guinness world records after swimming four kilometers with his hands and feet tied up.
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Bode Miller handily won the first part of ThursdayÂs super combined. But Aksel Lund Svindal, a 23-year-old star of the World Cup circuit, won the super combined in 2 minutes 6.74 seconds.
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American Shani Davis breaks the track record Sunday in Inzell, Germany, winning his second 1,000-meter race in two days in World Cup speedskating.
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Alan Webb never had a chance. The American sensation lined up for the featured Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Friday night, hoping he could keep up with No. 1-ranked Bernard Lagat of Kenya. No chance. Lagat took the lead with five laps to go, then cruised to victory in 3 minutes, 52.87 seconds, setting a meet and Madison Square Garden record.