Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 11: The first ever Guinness World Record in Rugby was created by Vickrant and Irfan in the Kashmir valley at Indoor Stadium, Gogjibagh, here.
Former Mr India first runners-up and founder of Super-positivity Movement, Vickrant Mahajan from Jammu and Irfan Aziz Botta, General Secretary, J&K Rugby Association came together to accomplish this historic feat.
Encouraged by hundreds of Rugby enthusiasts, they created a new Guinness World Record for the most rugby passes in one hour by a pair. Starting at 11 am, they performed 2,543 rugby passes in one hour and surpassed the previous Guinness World Record of 2,000 passes in one hour.
It is pertinent to mention here that Vickrant is on a mission to perform 100 Guinness World Record attempts in one year in J&K and this was his 73rd Guinness World Record attempt since May 2016. He has the unique distinction of being the first person in the world to give a nonstop 48 hour speech, and he also holds Guinness World Records for the Longest Play, the Largest Greeting Card and the Largest Handwritten Book in the world.
Vickrant has been holding a series of motivational talks in schools and colleges across Srinagar and has promised to come back to inspire the local youth to channel their energies positively and work towards putting Kashmir on the world map for positive reasons.
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