Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Lokmat Campus Club in Maharashtra, India set a record for the maximum students participating in a drawing competition at multiple venues in a single day to commemorate, late freedom fighter & founder of Lokmat, Shri Jawaharlalji Darda’s centenary birth year celebration. The Art Beat competition saw a total of 506330 students aged 6 to 15 years who were divided into 5 groups joining together to participate in the drawing competition, from 35 districts across Maharashtra and Goa as confirmed on July 10, 2023.

NOVA Mall of Macau, China set a record for organising the largest exhibition of origami stars at NOVA Mall in Taipa, Macau SAR, China. Around 50,000 people took part in the event by writing their wishes on papers and folded them into origami stars. A total number of 57,552 stars were made which the organizer displayed in the shape of a NOVA logo, as confirmed on June 8, 2023.

Lucas di Grassi of Brazil set a record for the maximum Formula E Grand Prix starts by an individual during the final two rounds of the 2022 season at the Seoul E-Prix. He achieved the feat of 104 starts between September 13, 2014 and February 11, 2023, as confirmed on June 8, 2023.

Jéssica Andrade of Brazil set a record of the maximum UFC wins by a female person. She achieved 15 UFC wins between October 27, 2013 and January 21, 2023 in 22 bouts, as confirmed on June 7, 2023.

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.