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Longest headed goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match

The longest headed goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match was 58.13 m (190 ft 8.58 in), achieved by Jone Samuelsen (Norway), playing for ODD Grenland vs Tromsø Idrettslag on 25 September 2011. This goal was scored in the final minutes of a Tippeligaen League game (Norway’s top division) when the score was 2-1 to ODD Grenland. A corner was given to Tromsø who put everyone forward, including their goalkeeper, in an attempt to equalise and keep their title hopes alive. However a long Continue reading →

Longest live TV documentary broadcast

The longest non-stop live television documentary was the complete Hurtigruten (The Norwegian Coastal Express) northbound voyage by MS Nordnorge from Bergen to Kirkenes, Norway, which lasted a total of 134 hr 42 min 45 sec and was broadcast by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s second largest channel TV NRK 2 (Norway) from 16 to 22 June 2011. The programme started at 19:45:00 on 16 June, 15 minutes before the Norwegian Coastal Express sailed off from Bergen, on the western coast of Norway and it provided uninterrupted coverage Continue reading →

Longest submergence underwater in a controlled environment

The record for the longest uninterrupted underwater submergence is 4 days and 4 hours (100 hours in total) and was achieved by Ronny Frimann (Norway) to raise funds for the WWF. The official attempt began on 14 June 2007 at 4.55 p.m., after a failed start on the previous day, and ended on 18 June 2007 at 8.55 p.m. in a water tank located at the Central Station, in Oslo, Norway. During the submergence Ronnie wore a diving dry suit and helmet equipped with a Continue reading →