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  2. Dakar Rally - Wikipedia

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    The race originated in December 1977, a year after Thierry Sabine got lost in the Ténéré desert whilst competing in the 1975 "Rallye Côte-Côte" between Abidjan and Nice [5] and decided that the desert would be a good location for a regular rally, on the lines of the 1974 London–Sahara–Munich World Cup Rally, the first automobile race ...

  3. Badwater Ultramarathon - Wikipedia

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    The Badwater Ultramarathon is a 135-mile (217 km) ultramarathon race starting at −282 feet (−86 m) [1] below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8,360 feet (2,550 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney.

  4. 2024 GT World Challenge Asia - Wikipedia

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    No. 777 D'station Racing: 4 8 11 7 7 Ret 5 9 Ret 11 40 22 Marco Mapelli: No. 63 VSR: 9 10 10 6 2 6 38 23 Dorian Boccolacci Xie An No. 13 Phantom Global Racing: 6 3 Ret 3 38 24 Mikaël Grenier: No. 888 Triple Eight JMR: 2 4 Ret 7 36 25 Sun Jingzu No. 13 Phantom Global Racing: 11 7 7 8 8 8 Ret 12† 24 26 Jordan Love: No. 888 Triple Eight JMR: 7 ...

  5. Royal Pigeon Racing Association - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) is a governing body for pigeon racing in the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II was [1] president of the RPRA and also an enthusiastic pigeon fancier herself. [2] The RPRA has 21,000 members spread across 1,500 pigeon clubs in the UK.

  6. Champion Hurdle - Wikipedia

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    The race is the final leg of the Road to Cheltenham, a series of high-class hurdles races consisting of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle, the International Hurdle and the Champion Hurdle Trial. [ 4 ] The Champion Hurdle has been continually run on a Tuesday since 1980.

  7. List of pigeon breeds - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds; these are exclusively breeds of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica). Other Columbidae species (e.g., the Barbary dove , Streptopelia risoria ) have been domesticated and developed into breeds, but these are generally simple colour variations of the plumage .

  8. Pigeon racing at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The report on the "International Contests of Physical Exercise and of Sports" in Paris in 1900 lists lâcher-concours de pigeons-voyageurs (lit. ' homing pigeon release competition ', in French) occurring on 6 separate sundays: 24 June, 8 July, 29 July, 26 August, 9 September and 16 September 1900, all in the French commune of Vincennes.

  9. Ultra-triathlon - Wikipedia

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    An ultra-triathlon covers more distance than an ITU 'long course,' or Ironman™ triathlon.The term generally refers to all triathlon events with a distance that is a multiple of the Ironman Triathlon, which consists of 2.4 miles (3.86 km) of swimming, 112 miles (180.25 km) of cycling, and a full marathon (26.2 mi or 42.2 km) of running. [1]