Naohisa Takato wins Japan's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games
27-07-2021
(Worldkings.org) Naohisa Takato savored the silence. It was not that he did not miss hearing the cheers of the crowd, it was just that the lack of spectators at these Olympic Games allowed him to pick on other things while he competed.
An San breaks 25-year-old Olympic record during qualifying in Tokyo
27-07-2021
(worldkings.org) Korean archer An San scored 680 out of a possible 720 points to top women’s individual qualification at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and break an Olympic record that has stood since 1996.
Spain's women water polo team surpasses the US, making history at the Olympics
27-07-2021
(worldkings.org) The United States women’s water polo team made history on Saturday in its opening game of the Tokyo Olympics. Then, just like that, the multiple records were gone.
[RECORD NOMINATION] America Records Institute (AMRI) – P50 - NextEra Energy Resources (United States): The largest operator of wind and solar projects in Americas
25-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) is a wholesale electricity supplier and the largest operator of wind and solar projects in Americas.
[RECORD NOMINATION] Australia Records Institute (AURI) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia): The largest bank in Australia
25-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is the largest bank in Australia by assets, deposits, market capitalization and number of branches and ATMs.
[RECORD NOMINATION] America Records Institute (AMRI) – P49 - NextEra Energy (United States): The largest electric utility holding company in Americas
24-06-2020
(WorldKing.org) According to Statista, with a market value of about 113.1 billion U.S. dollars as of May 2020, NextEra Energy is the largest electric utility holding company in Americas.
[RECORD NOMINATION] Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – P49 - Bidvest Group (South Africa): The largest services, trading, and distribution company in Africa
24-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) Bidvest Group is the largest services, trading, and distribution company in Africa, with turnover in 2019 was $13,290,847 Thds. The company ranked 4th in top 500 largest companies in Africa by turnover (knoema.com)
[RECORD NOMINATION] Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – P48 - Anglo American (South Africa): The largest mining company in Africa
23-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) Based on revenue as of June 2020, the South African multinational mining company Anglo American was the largest mining company in Africa. In that year, the revenue of Anglo American was 29.87 billion U.S. dollars.
[RECORD NOMINATION] Europe Records Institue (EURI) – P52 – HSBC (United Kingdom): The largest bank in Europe
23-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) HSBC is the 6th largest bank in the world , and the largest in Europe, with total assets of US$2.918 trillion as of 26 May 2020, according to fxssi.com.
[RECORD NOMINATION] Asia Records Institute (ASRI) – P51 - Japan Exchange Group (Japan): The largest stock exchange in Asia
22-06-2020
(WorldKings.org) Japan Exchange Group is the world's third largest exchange, behind NYSE and NASDAQ and hence Asia's largest bourse.