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After 40 years away from competition, Jake Wolters returned to athletics at age 62 and just won three medals at the World Masters Athletics Championships. The cabinet business owner from Guelph broke a Canadian record while balancing life as a grandfather of five.
Earl Fee just shattered the indoor 200-meter world record for his age group at 97 years old, proving that extraordinary athletic achievement has no expiration date. The Canadian masters runner now holds 12 current world records across multiple distances and age categories.
A Canadian tree planter waded through muddy coastline for 24 hours straight to plant nearly 50,000 mangrove trees in Kenya. Antoine Moses broke his own world record while helping restore climate-damaged shores in Mombasa.
Jessica Allen turned her love of year-end recaps into a cross-country adventure, visiting 225 Canadian parks in 10 months to earn a world record. Her journey took her from Barrie, Ontario to Victoria, BC, discovering hidden gems and sparking a passion for public spaces.
Serial world record breaker David Rush, who holds over 350 Guinness World Records titles, appeared on Tinkercast's game show to inspire kids to chase their own record-breaking dreams. He started his journey to get children excited about STEM subjects, proving that determination and practice make big goals achievable.
A circus performer from Sault Ste. Marie shattered a Guinness World Record by spinning 360 degrees 178 times in one minute while hanging upside down from aerial straps. Jean-Luc Bedryk turned childhood dreams of becoming a superhero into a record-breaking reality in Kyoto, Japan.
Summer McIntosh shattered the oldest women's swimming record on the books, breaking a mark that stood for nearly 17 years and that experts called impossible to beat. The Canadian teen now holds four world records and is eyeing five golds at the 2028 Olympics.
Christopher Morales Williams of Canada just won his first world championship gold with a stunning comeback that shattered the indoor 400m record. The 18-year-old's victory signals a bright future for track and field's next generation.
British Columbia's Cam Levins just shattered Canada's masters marathon record in Tokyo, finishing in 2:06:47 and proving age is just a number. The 40-year-old runner took nearly four minutes off the previous mark set over a decade ago.
A Canadian business owner who hadn't competed in 40 years just won three medals at the World Masters Athletics Championships and set a national record. Jake Wolters proves it's never too late to chase your dreams.
A coffee shop owner in Canada just created a nearly 6,000-pound carrot cake in a bid for the world record. Ted Martindale turned his ambitious baking dream into reality through careful planning and teamwork.
A tree planter in Canada just set a world record by planting more than 23,000 trees in a single day. His achievement shows how individual dedication can make a massive difference for our planet.
Calgary runner Maria Zambrano shattered her own Canadian half-marathon record by four minutes, coming within 22 seconds of the world record. The 55-year-old masters athlete continues a stunning streak of record-breaking performances that prove age is just a number.
A Montreal university team just broke the 10-year-old world speed record for human-powered submarines, hitting 7.682 knots in a custom-built vessel designed around their pilot's body. The victory at Maryland's International Submarine Races marked a full-circle moment for pilot Hugo Breton, whose father won the same competition 30 years ago.
Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, just 18, already holds three world records and is closing in on two more that experts once thought impossible to break. If she succeeds, she'll join an elite group of only four swimmers in history to hold five world records at once.
Celebrity chef Hilda Baci woke up to discover her massive jollof rice cookout broke two world records instead of one. Five months after breaking the record for largest Nigerian jollof rice serving, she learned she'd also set the overall rice record.
A father turned a childhood board game into history, smashing a Hungry Hungry Hippos speed record with his family while becoming only the third person ever to hold 200 world records at once. The Rush family cleared the game in 3.75 seconds, beating the previous record by over a second.
Manchester toddler Jude Owens just became the youngest person ever to complete two trick shots in snooker, setting both records before his third birthday. His natural talent emerged at home, and now he's one of the youngest double record holders in Guinness World Records history.
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Three years after breaking Canada's marathon record in Tokyo, 36-year-old Cam Levins returns this Sunday as a stay-at-home dad chasing another personal best. He's racing against seven runners who've clocked sub-2:04 times in what could be the fastest marathon field ever assembled.
Christopher Morales Williams just became the fastest 400-meter runner in world indoor championship history. The 21-year-old from Vaughan, Ontario, clocked 44.76 seconds to claim gold in Poland and set a new standard for the sport.
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