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Women compete in a high-heel sprint in St.Petersburg July 21, 2007. Some 100 women took part in the race wearing high-heeled shoes with a required minimum height of 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) to compete for a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (about $2,000). [Reuters]

High-heel sprint held in St. Petersburg

セントピーターズバーク で行われた 100人の女性によるハイヒール短距離走のお話。商品は5万ルーブル（約24万円）相当の商品券。

白熱した競技の模様はリンク先で。

One angling guide from Thailand has managed to catch what is believed to be the largest carp ever caught in the history of sport fishing.

Fishing Adventures Thailand professional guide Kik’s carp was found to weigh some 265 pounds (120 kg) after he caught it on the Bung Sam Lan Lake on July 2nd.

The guide had only gone out to the waterway to test a new custom-built fishing rod he had been developing and ended up catching the largest Siamese giant carp ever recorded.

Thai guide in record carp catch - Fish and Fly - fly fishing news, fly fishing instruction and fly fishing video

タイの釣り師が265ポンド(120kg!)の巨鯉を釣り上げたというお話。
ちなみに今までの淡水魚世界記録は185kg の Arapaima gigas だそうです。
本当は 82kg だったらしいと言う情報が、コメント欄で指摘されました。
それは、それでスゴイですね。

ニューヒーロー誕生ですね。
しかし以前お伝えしたニュースでは 40.2kgだったのに一気に３倍とは…
世界は広いモノです。

Only a few seconds in the icy depths would be enough to kill most mere mortals.

But yesterday, protected by nothing more than a pair of Speedo trunks and his extraordinary central heating, Lewis Pugh took the plunge and became the first man to swim at the North Pole.

The 36-year-old Londoner spent almost 19 minutes at minus 1.8C as he front crawled for a full kilometre - more than half a mile in the coldest water a human has ever swum.

Briton astounds the world by becoming the first person to swim to North Pole | News | This is London

ルイス・ゴードン・ビューが、北極海での水泳に成功したというお話。
１ｋｍ、１９分間の水泳に成功。

良い子は真似してはいけませんね。

Rafael Nadal has admitted he is nowhere near to matching Wimbledon champion Roger Federer on grass, even though he remains on course to meet the Swiss master in next weekend’s men’s final.

Second seed Nadal hopes to prevent Federer winning his fifth Wimbledon title in a row, and looks the biggest threat to the champion.

But the Spanish superstar, who is seeded to meet Federer in the final, is refusing to talk up his chances of beating him.

Nadal said: “Am I close to Federer now? No, I don’t think I’m close. He has four titles here. He’s the best player in the world and he’s special. I have one final but he’s the best.”

Nadal: I can’t beat Federer on grass … but under water I’m a smash hit | the Daily Mail

文字通り、水面下でテニスの練習をするナダルのお話。

ウィンブルドンでは、なんとかしてフェデラーを破って欲しいものです。

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Balearic Islands (AP) - In the end, Roger Federer’s favourite surface cost him on Wednesday.

Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal beat Federer 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10) in an exhibition match on a half-grass, half-clay court when Federer couldn’t reach Nadal’s forehand as it took an awkward bounce across the green side of the court. “The ball bounced badly and it cost both of us,” Federer said.
CANOE — SLAM! Sports - Tennis - ATP: Federer finally loses on grass…sort of

グラスコート最強のフェデラーと、クレイコート最強のナダル。それぞれが得意コートで戦ったらどうなるの？と言うお話。
結果は 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 でナダルの勝利だそうです。

このバカげたハーフクレイ、ハーフグラスコート 作製するのに 163万US$（約2億円!） と 19日かかったと言うからオドロキです。