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1、BackgroundinformationforUnit1BreakingRecordsLFactsofAshritaFurmanAshritaFurman,bornSeptember16,1954inBrooklyn,NewYork,istheholderof26recordsintheGuinnessBookofRecords,includingbeingtheindividualwiththemostcurrentGuinnessWorldRecords[I].FurmanfirstenteredintotheGuinessbookbydoing27,
2、000JumpingJacksin1979.Sincehebeganin1979,Furmanhasbrokenmorethan100Guinnessrecords.FurmanisagraduateofJamaicaHighSchoolinJamaica,Queens,NewYork.HewentontoattendColumbiaUniversitybutdroppedoutin1974afterhehadbecomeadevoutfollowerofSriChinmoy,theIndianphilosopherandreligiousteacher.•
3、WorldrecordsRecordsheldbyAshritaFurmaninclude:Mosthopscotchgamesin24hoursMostropejumpsin24hoursFastest10-kmsackraceMostunderwaterropejumpsinonehourFastestpogostickascentofCanada^CNTowerLargestbouquetofflowersGreatestdistancetraveledonapogostickMostmilkcratesbalancedonchinThelongest
4、distancewalkedbyapersonbalancingamilkbottleontheirheadGreatestamountofbeerglassesbalancedonchinMostsit-upsperformedinanhourThefastestmile,pushinganorangewithhisnoseLongesttimejugglingunderwaterLongestcontinuoussomersaultingFastesttimejuggling3ballswhilerunning50milesLongestdistance
5、pogostickJumpingFastestmileonapogostickFastestwalkinglungemileFastestmarathonmileskippingSwissballbalancingFastesthulahoopracingFurthestdistancetraversedcarryingthemostbrickswithonehandFastest100metersonakangarooballFastestmileonakangarooballMostGuinnessrecordsindifferentcategories
6、2.AboutBeijingOlympicThe2008SummerOlympics,officiallyknownastheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiad,willbeheldinBeijinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinafromAugust&2008toAugust24,200&withtheopeningceremonytotakeplaceat8p.m.onAugust&2008(thenumber8standsforprosperityinChineseculture).Someeventswillbehe
7、ldatvenuesconstructedinneighboringtownsandinthecoastalcityofQingdao.OnJuly82005,theInternationalOlympicCommitteeannouncedthatHongKongwillholdtheequestrianeventsatthesiteoftheHongKongSportsInstituteinFoTan,ShaTin.ThefacilitiesoftheSportsInstitutemaybemovedtoWuKaiSha.Thiswillbethesec
8、ondtimethesameseasonofOlym
