Will
it qualify as a new Guinness World Record?
“Are you Officially Amazing™?” asks the Guinness Book of World Records to anyone who dares to be a renowned record holder, either breaking a record or
setting a new record. This is the same question we raise with the recently
Twitter-smashing episode of AlDub Kalyeserye show last September 26, Saturday.
On that very same day, the “second date/second actual meeting” of Yaya
Dub (Maine Mendoza) and Alden Richards shook Twitter with 25.6 million tweets
of #AlDubEBforLOVE that might qualify as a breaking Guinness record outshining
the Super Bowl XLIX episode in the US with 25.1 million tweets. As reported by
GMA News Online, hashtag AlDubEBforLOVE recorded an exact total of 25,652,800 tweets from 12:00AM
to 11:00PM on September 26, Saturday. They also mentioned that the episode
generated 2.5 million tweets per hour.
But the Philippines’ history of breaking and setting records isn’t just
for social media or the Internet. We have a fair share of official Guinness
certified feats, particularly in sports. We were able to enlist personalities
and events:
RAFAEL
NEPOMUCENO, Bowling
The 2003 World’s Greatest International Bowler of All Time Rafael
“Paeng” Nepomuceno holds 3 world titles: (1) most
number of career titles with 130, (2) youngest world bowling champion at the
age of 19 upon winning the Bowling World Cup in Teheran, Iran in 1976, and (3)
for most Bowling World Cup wins of 4 in three different decades.
EMMANUEL
PACQUIAO, Boxing
*The most boxing world titles won in different weight divisions is eight
by Manny Pacquiao (Philippines) when he defeated Antonio Margarito (USA) to win
the WBC Super Welterweight title on 13 November 2010. He has also held
sanctioned belts in the WBC Flyweight, Super Featherweight and Lightweight
divisions, plus The Ring Featherweight, IBF Super Bantamweight, IBO and The
Ring Light Welterweight and WBO Welterweight.
LONGEST
BASKETBALL GAME PLAYED
The recorded time of the longest lengthy playing basketball is 120
hours, 1 minute and 7 seconds, accomplished at the Meralco Gym in Manila,
Philippines from 24-29 March 2014, organized by Asian Cable Enterprises Inc. The teams competing were Walang Iwanan & Bounce
Back and ended with the score of 783 – 16, in favor of Team Bounce Back.
LARGEST
GOLF EVENT
The largest amateur golf tournament is in Baguio City, called Fil-Am
Golf Championship. It showcases 72-hole golf
tournament for a thousand of neophyte golfers. Included in the course are par-69,
5,001-yard Camp John Hay golf course and the par-61, 4,038-yard Baguio Country
Club.
LARGEST
SYNCHRONIZED AEROBICS EXERCISES
The Department of Health organized the largest synchronized aerobics
exercises in Rizal Park, simultaneous with Cebu City and Davao City, gathering
107,000 attendees to do a 30-minute exercise last 16 February 2013.
LARGEST
ZUMBA CLASS
The largest Zumba class was participated by 12,975
yellow-t-shirt-wearing individuals in the streets of Manadaluyong City last
July 2015. Previous record was also from the Philippines, Cebu City with a
record of 8,232 Zumba partakers.
LARGEST
BOARD GAME TOURNAMENT
*The largest board game tournament consisted of 43,157 participants
playing chess and was achieved by the Cebu City Sports Commission (Philippines)
in Cebu, Philippines, on 22 January 2012. The record attempt started on 13 July
2012 when 750 school teachers were trained in playing chess who then went on to
teach school children. From October to December 2011 classroom tournaments were
held, followed by school tournaments. The top 32 players from each of the 100
schools went on to the grand finals at the Cebu Chess Festival, where the 3,200
finalists competed from 21 to 22 January 2012 at the Cebu City Sports Center.
The overall winner of the tournament was Allan Pason.
MOST
PARTICIPANTS IN A RACING EVENT
*The most participants in a racing event was 116,086 at the Run for the
Pasig River in Manila, Philippines, on 10 October 2010. The event consisted of
three races: 3 km (1.86 mi), 5 km (3.11 mi), and 10 km (6.21 mi) runs all
occuring simultaneously on different routes through the city before converging
at the end of each circuit.
Let’s wait for the official announcement of record from Guinness World
of Records or relationship from AlDub, whichever may come first.
*Lifted directly from the Guinness Book of
World Records’ website**
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