Sports, Fitness, Olympics Trivia Week!

I'm taking a break from my usual blogs this week to provide you with unique trivia to keep your mind off of the stress of this holiday season. Today I'd like to start with "heavy hitter" speed records:

Sport	Speed Record (mi/hr)	Record Holder, Country, Date
Cricket bowl	100.2	Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan, February 22, 2003
Baseball pitch	100.9	Lynn Nolan, USA, August 20, 1974
Ice hockey hot	110.3	Denis Kulyash, Russia, February 5, 2011
Lacrosse shot	111.0	Paul Rabil, USA, July 8, 2010
Soccer shot (UK)	114.0	David Hurst, UK, September 16, 1996
Tennis serve	156.0	Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, March 5, 2011
Jai alai throw	188.0	Jose Ramon Areitio, Spain, August 3, 1979
Golf drive	204.0	Jason Zuback, Canada, December 1, 2007
Badminton smash	206.0	Fu Haifeng, China, May 15, 2005

*Source: Guinness Book of World Records 2012, www.guinessworldrecords.com

~Lori Dotson, CPT, CPFT, PES, BA, MS
President and Trainer, DotsoFit, LLC

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