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Leslie Harris of New Zealand set a record for being the oldest competitive motorcycle racer. Aged 98-years, he raced at the Pukekohe 43rd Classic Motorcycle Festival in Auckland, in the Regularity race in which the aim is to perform the most consistent lap times. He competed alongside his eldest son, Rod, aged 64, and his 21-year-old granddaughter, Olivia, as confirmed on March 4, 2024.

Omar Abdelkader, a leg-amputee of Egypt, set a record for performing the maximum muscle-ups in one hour. He was attacked by two sharks while swimming in open waters near the Red Sea city of Ain Sokhna, Egypt, during a boat trip in 2016. He performed a whopping number of 161 muscle-ups (these are performed by first doing a pull up onto a raised bar and then pushing the body up until the arms are straight) in one hour despite being a leg-amputee, as confirmed on March 4, 2024.

Hurricane, a 13-year-old Belgian Malinois and retired US Secret Service canine, holds the record for being the first animal to receive the Distinguished Service Medal in War & Peace in the USA. He received the prestigious Animals in War & Peace Distinguished Service Medal, for his work with the US military between 2012 and 2016, during the Second Annual Animals in War & Peace Medal Ceremony on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA, as confirmed on March 4, 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the renowned Portuguese professional footballer, set a record for being the highest paid athlete in the world. He earned $136 million (£107.5 M) comprising $46 million (£35 M) in on-field earnings and $90 million (£68.5 M) in off-field earnings in the 12 months leading up to May 1, 2023, as confirmed on March 5, 2024.

Daniel Scali of Australia set a record for performing the maximum number of push-ups in one hour. He performed a whopping number of 3,249 push-ups despite suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), with his left arm in almost constant pain, as confirmed on March 1, 2024.

Jaleesa Jims Asirvatham (born on February 7, 2018) of Tamil Nadu, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for performing 21 backflips on a trapeze swing bar in one minute, while holding 2 bars with both hands, at the age of 5 years and 1 month, as confirmed on April 12, 2023.

Siyad Kallayil of Kerala, India (now residing in UAE), set a record for being the fastest to travel across GCC countries, along with his friend. They started their car expedition from Kuwait Towers (Kuwait) at 12.02 am (Kuwait Local Time) on October 19, 2023, travelled across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, and completed it at Khasab Musandam (Oman) at 10.54 pm (Kuwait Local Time) the same day, covering a distance of 1,763 km in 22 hours and 52 minutes, as confirmed on February 6, 2024.

Harvey Price (oldest son of Katie Price born with septo-optic dysplasia, a disorder of early brain development which affects his sight, as well as Prader-Willi syndrome) set a record for making the longest train drawing. He made the drawing of a Thameslink train measuring 21.3 metres (65 feet 6 inches) long and 1 metres (3 feet 2 inches) wide, as confirmed on March 1, 2024.

Joel Mattli of Switzerland set a record for performing the maximum consecutive flying bar jumps on the set of the TV show Lo Show dei Record in Italy. The 29-year-old Ninja Warrior champion performed a whopping number of 27 consecutive flying bar jumps, as confirmed on February 27, 2024.

Katsumi Saeki (born on March 3, 1935) of Japan set the record for being the oldest competitive cross-country female skier in the 2023 Masters World Cup in Austria. Aged 88 years and 16 days, Katsumi was the only skier to enter the over-85 category. She completed the course in the 5 km classic-style event in 26 minutes and 18 seconds, faster than one woman in the 81-85 age category, three women in the 76-80 category, and one woman in the 71-75 category, as confirmed on February 27, 2024.