BELGAUM, Karnataka, India -- Thirty-two skaters from Belgaum and across India played hockey for 30 hours non-stop at the Shivaganga Roller Skating Club's (SRSC) rink - setting the world record for the Longest outdoor inline hockey game (longest outdoor roller hockey game).
Chief coach of Indian Inline Hockey team A.D. Sharma, who is also a senior official from Department of Sports, Government of Haryana, declared to have broken the world record, even as crackers were burst to mark the occasion.
Later, the players continued to be at the rink and played till 8.30 p.m. and set a new world record of playing for 30 hours non-stop.
The monsoon rain waslashing the city non-stop for two days.
The players, who never showed sign of fatigue but kept their moral and spirit throughout are Amit Sharma, Gurpreet Singh, Gurjap Singh, Gurnazar Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Aakash Sehgal, Gaurav Bhattal, Jaspreet Dhaliwal, Rajesh Singh, Babli Singh, Reekhansh Sharma, Surender Pal Singh, Mohit Yadav, Kapil Gehlot, Nikhil Chindak, Aniket Chindak, Atul Sharma, Wayne Chow, Anshul Sood, Saurabh Duggal, Andrew Sponagle, Jaspreet Johal, Jitender Singh, Anjali Singh, Kiran Dahiya, Navraj Singh, Sarvesh Amte, Devyani Verma, Madhur Verma, Anuveer Singh, Amit Ahuja and Sachin Singh..
The world record attempt for the World's Longest Outdoor Inline Hockey Game was sponsored by the Shiv Ganga Roller Skating Club.
The World Record for the Longest indoor inline hockey game is 25 hours and 14 minutes, set by Townsville Inline Hockey from Queensland , Australia.
Chief coach of Indian Inline Hockey team A.D. Sharma, who is also a senior official from Department of Sports, Government of Haryana, declared to have broken the world record, even as crackers were burst to mark the occasion.
Later, the players continued to be at the rink and played till 8.30 p.m. and set a new world record of playing for 30 hours non-stop.
The monsoon rain waslashing the city non-stop for two days.
The players, who never showed sign of fatigue but kept their moral and spirit throughout are Amit Sharma, Gurpreet Singh, Gurjap Singh, Gurnazar Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Aakash Sehgal, Gaurav Bhattal, Jaspreet Dhaliwal, Rajesh Singh, Babli Singh, Reekhansh Sharma, Surender Pal Singh, Mohit Yadav, Kapil Gehlot, Nikhil Chindak, Aniket Chindak, Atul Sharma, Wayne Chow, Anshul Sood, Saurabh Duggal, Andrew Sponagle, Jaspreet Johal, Jitender Singh, Anjali Singh, Kiran Dahiya, Navraj Singh, Sarvesh Amte, Devyani Verma, Madhur Verma, Anuveer Singh, Amit Ahuja and Sachin Singh..
The world record attempt for the World's Longest Outdoor Inline Hockey Game was sponsored by the Shiv Ganga Roller Skating Club.
The World Record for the Longest indoor inline hockey game is 25 hours and 14 minutes, set by Townsville Inline Hockey from Queensland , Australia.
