Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Armand Duplantis of Sweden, set a record for the highest indoor pole vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France at the All Star Perche meeting. He achieved a height of 6.22 metres (20 feet 4 inches), as confirmed on June 7, 2023.

Yousef Alshatti of Kuwait set a record for being the fastest swimmer to cross Kuwait Bay in Kuwait. He is an officer in Special Forces of Kuwait Navy. He swam across the bay in just 9 hours and 44 minutes to raise the awareness with the Kuwaiti National Day and the Kuwaiti Liberation Day, as confirmed on June 9, 2023.

Boateng de Oro and Walter Mair of Italy set a record by performing the highest jump by a llama in Bolzano, Italy. The jump was 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in) high and performed on the set of the Italian TV production Lo Show Dei Record, as confirmed on June 5, 2023.

Cherelle “Torch” George and Scooter Christensen of the Harlem Globetrotters of the USA, set a record for being the fastest duo to bounce a ping pong ball into five cups in London, UK. They clocked a time of 2.18 seconds as confirmed on June 5, 2023.

Esashi Jinku World Record Executive Committee of Japan set a record for organising the largest fan dance event in Oshu, Iwate, Japan. A whopping number of 1,719 people participated in the dance in commemoration of the 50th annual Esashi Jinku Festival which has actually been around for around 300 years and always includes the dance. The dance itself has been around for about 500 years and was created for weddings, as confirmed on June 12, 2023.

Luxury fashion brand Michela Ferriero of Italy set a record for showcasing a bridal dress with maximum crystals on it at the Sì Sposaitalia Collezioni fashion show held in Milan, Italy. It had a total of 50,890  Swarovski crystals and took a team of seamstresses over 200 hours in 4 months to sew the crystals onto the dress,  as confirmed on June 1, 2023.

Nadja Joy Tønnesen of Denmark set a record for being the fastest person to do 500 m para ice swim at Zwembad Waterdam Volendam in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The water temperature was 3.6°C (39.5°F) and she took just 8 minutes 19 seconds and 17 milliseconds to swim 500 m in it, as confirmed on June 5, 2023.

J. Akil (born on February 25, 2017) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for being the fastest to identify all the countries and their national sports by observing the countries’ flags. He identified all the 195 UN recognised countries and their sports by observing their flags in 3 minutes and 43 seconds at the age of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, as confirmed on May 31, 2023.

Gobi Nishanth Murugesan Indira (born on January 2, 2000) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for walking the maximum distance from Kanyakumari to Nepal. He started from Kanyakumari at 8 am on October 2, 2022, reached Nepal at 10 pm on October 24, 2022 and returned to Kanyakumari on October 29, 2022, thus walking 2,600 km in 28 days. The walking was aimed at spreading awareness for ‘saving and reducing fuel consumption for a healthy environmental ecosystem’, as confirmed on February 15, 2023.

Veena Ravi (born on March 5, 1990) of Kerala, India (currently residing in Dubai), is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for demonstrating Navarasas (9 emotions) of Bharatanatyam dance in 6 seconds and 65 milliseconds, wherein the 9 emotions include Shringara (love), Hasya (laughter), Karuna (compassion), Raudra (anger), Veera (courage), Bhayanakara (terror), Bheebhatsya (disgust), Adbutha (surprise) and Shantha (peace), as confirmed on May 16, 2023.