World records
New Zealand wrests largest haka record back from France
Maori have been trying to reclaim their cultural legacy for 10 years.
- by Lucy Craymer
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Chasing greatness: The champion and the philosopher
It was one of the greatest partnerships in Australian sport. Percy Cerutty trained Herb Elliott with techniques that were tough, innovative and inspired by history’s great poets and thinkers.
- by Tony Wright
Rottnest Island perfect backdrop for global skydive world record attempt
About 50 tandem skydivers in Western Australia have taken part in the inaugural World Skydiving Day world record attempt.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol
Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.
- by Rob Harris
Biologist reels in ‘world’s longest goldfish’ from suburban lake in Perth
The feral fish was more than half a metre long and five centimetres longer than the current Guinness world record holder caught 20 years ago.
- by Sarah Brookes
The ‘diminutive’ Aussie who took on a monster wave – and set a world record
Laura Enever didn’t like competing on the pro tour. Instead, she started paddling into the biggest waves on the planet.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘I’m tired’: At 83, Japanese man breaks solo sailing record
The adventurer repeated the world-record sailing feat that he first achieved 60 years ago.
- by Mari Yamaguchi
Rolling in the deep freeze: Alone and barely afloat at the bottom of the world
It’s enough to make the blood run cold. Lisa Blair was the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica - and she’s about to repeat the treacherous journey that nearly killed her.
- by Cloe Read
Kitesurfer leaves Sydney to set world distance record
Brian Kiss von Soly is battling sharks, winds and loneliness as he surfs from northern NSW to Melbourne. He left Sydney today to break the world record.
- by Liam Phelan
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