Sunday, 11 April 2021 - 9:48
Leading Aircraftman Roshan Abeysundara, a promising swimming start from the SLAF set a new world record. Roshan swam from Mannar to Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India and back, covering a distance of 59.3 Kms.
It took him a record 28 hours, 19 minutes and 58 seconds to swim from Thalaimannar to the coast of Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India.
He will enter the Guinness World Record Book as he renewed V.S. Kumar Anandan s 50-year-old record which was set in 1971 by swimming the Palk Strait in 51 hours.
The leading Aircraftman has now conquered the seas a domain of the Navy.
In line with his special effort, Leading Aircraftman Abeysundara called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana today (09 April 2021) before departing for Mannar to embark on his record-breaking mission. The Commander gave the brave and daring Airman words of encouragement and also presented him with a thermal swimming kit which would assist heavily duri
American Samoa faced numerous hurdles in the lead-up
FIFA.com chronicles the back-story to a unique match
Twenty years ago today a world record international score was set.
Australia 31-0 American Samoa
It is a mark that will surely never be surpassed.
This is the back-story of how the record books were torn to shreds in Coffs Harbour. About six hours north of Sydney, the area’s beachside ambience is more renowned as a summer holiday spot. But in football circles, the town’s name has become more synonymous with a barely believable 90 minutes.
Newly-minted international striker Archie Thompson scored an unthinkable 13 goals, another world record that seems certain never to be erased. Unbelievably, Thompson posted a new individual FIFA World Cup™ scoring record moments before the break to leave the half-time score at 16-0.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Government s vaccination register just putting money into a Silicon Valley billionaire s pocket
12 Apr, 2021 05:32 AM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses media at opening of telehealth service in Auckland.
The Ministry of Health s $38 million effort to create an online system to manage Covid-19 vaccinations is just putting money into a Silicon Valley billionaire s pocket , local IT industry group NZRise says. Previous criticism has centred on a security breach involving the data of more than 700 patients; the Government s inability - until this week - to provide accurate vaccination data; and the related issue of DHBs striking out on their own path, using different software systems, while they wait for the Government s new cloud-based solution to be fleshed out.