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channel AXN has announced that a winner for its AXN World
Record Holder contest in association with HP Deskjet
will be found in Mumbai on 13 July.
An official release says the nationwide search for participants
in the Be an AXN World Record Holder contest kicked
off on 13 May. The channel claims to have received over
6,000 entries over the course of seven weeks, which were
evaluated on the parameters of feasibility, safety and execution.
The finalists looking to break their chosen records will
take centrestage at south Mumbai's Grant Medical College
Grounds.
The release states that the four contestants will include
current Guinness World Record holder - Bibhuti Nayak. He
currently holds a record of having done 819 back-hand push
ups in one hour and will now attempt to complete 117 palm
push-ups in one minute, hoping to break the existing record
of 116 palm push-ups in one minute.
The
contest is being held to enhance the brand of the series,
Guinness World Records: Primetime, which broadcasts
on the channel every Wednesday at 9 pm, with repeats every
Thursday at 5 pm and on Sunday at 11am and 8 pm.
The channel has also announced a parallel AXN Viewing
Marathon contest from 10-12 July. 20 fans of the channel
will attempt watching the Ripley's Believe It or Not!
series for a continuous time period of 48 hours. The aim
is to break the current record of 46 hours, 30 minutes and
51 seconds for NYPD Blue, which was set by an American
last September. As per the rules, participants can only
take a 15-minute break every eight hours.
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