UKRAINE: Thousands gather on an embankment in capital Kiev to set a world record for the amount of people doing morning exercises at one place at the same time

Record ID: 804055

  • Title: UKRAINE: Thousands gather on an embankment in capital Kiev to set a world record for the amount of people doing morning exercises at one place at the same time
  • Date: 2nd October 2012
  • Summary: MORNING EXERCISE PARTICIPANTS REGISTERING AT BOOTH PARTICIPANTS' REGISTRATION CARDS ON TABLE INSTRUCTORS ON SMALL STAGE, PARTICIPANTS WARMING UP
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA8FGLZZ0RJK7KS8JF8XMF2YGH2
  • Story Text: About 15,000 people participated in an event in Kiev on Sunday (September 30) to establish a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of people taking part together in morning exercises, organisers said.
    Thousands came to the Obolonsky embankment in the Ukrainian capital on the so-called "Champions Day" to participate in the record attempt which should be acknowledged as valid, organisers said.
    According to their data, the previous mass morning exercise record was set in Mexico with about 8,500 participants.
    "There has never been something like this before. We gathered at least twice as many people as there were in any other previous attempts to do mass morning exercises or to conduct mass events of this kind," said the founder of Ukraine's National Register of Records, Valentin Shcherbachyov.
    "We see that more than 15,000 people is a fantastic number. They demonstrate such enthusiasm and such a healthy way of life. So this record will not be beaten for a long time in the future," he added.
    The goal of the event was not just setting the record but showing people how to overcome their weakness and win in their everyday life, one of organisers said.
    The record should be officially registered within the next month, and the organisers vow to send every participant an official certificate of participation by Oct. 21.
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