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    Double trouble: Too many show for Sri Lanka twins Guinness World Record bid

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    Double trouble: Too many show for Sri Lanka twins Guinness World Record bid

    The attempt failed after an unexpectedly large turnout overwhelmed organisers


    Published:  January 21, 2020 09:54 AFP  and  Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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    Buddhist monks Padiyapalalle Sugathasara and Padiyapalalle Vipulasara. Organisers from the Sri Lanka Twins group had called on multiples across the island to pack a sports stadium in the capital Colombo to try to break Taiwan's Guinness World Record set in 1999 of 3,961 pairs of twins, 37 sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Sri Lankan Army generals twins, Jayantha (L) and Pooraka (R) Seneviratne. A Sri Lankan attempt to set a world record for the largest gathering of twins may have failed after an unexpectedly large turnout overwhelmed organisers who vowed to try again. Image Credit: AFP
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    Twins wait in the line to register their names. But a bigger than expected crowd flocked to the stadium, with a long registration queue snaking around the arena as birth certificates were checked and participants posed for photographs. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Wahaj and Waleed (6). Organisers said the huge turnout meant they were unable to meet strict guidelines set by Guinness World Records. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Swini and Srini 28. "We had more than we expected. Getting them all to go through a single entry point was not easy," Sri Lanka Twins spokeswoman Wasana Ranasinghe told AFP. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    P.A Rishmi and P.A Rashni 2. A mother of twin girls aged 10, Ranasinghe said just over 6,000 pairs - ranging from ages of three months to 89 years - had been registered during a five-hour period. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Sri Lankan Navy volunteers. However, not all of them remained at the stadium to pose for a mandatory group photo or waited for at least five minutes, as required by the guidelines, she added. Image Credit: AFP
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    Hamna, Shahna (12), Umaira, Umaima (12) and Radha, Rana (12). "We will know in two weeks if we actually qualified for the record or not, but even otherwise, we have managed to raise awareness," she said. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Ranasinghe and many others told AFP they wanted to try to break the record again if they fail this time, confident they would be able to attract a similarly large crowd. Some twins travelled for hours just to be part of the record attempt. Image Credit: AFP
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    Two army generals, Jayantha and Pooraka Seneviratne, led a contingent of twins in the Sri Lankan military. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    "Now that we know our strength, we can even make another attempt," Jayantha said while posing for photos with other twins. Image Credit: AP
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    Software engineer S. Sathiyan and his village official twin Sayanthan travelled 400 kilometres (250 miles) to Colombo from Jaffna in the country's north. "We travelled for 10 hours by train to get here on time," Sathiyan said. "We thought it was an opportunity to see so many twins and be part of something that would be good for the country." Image Credit: AFP
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    Lakshika and Devika (55), look on during an event to attempt to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Sri Lankan twins dancers perform during an event attempting to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins, in Colombo Image Credit: AFP
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    Sri Lankan twins pose for group picture during an event attempting to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins, in Colombo Image Credit: AFP
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    Sri Lankan twins participate in an event organized to attempt setting up a record for the largest twins gathering, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image Credit: AP
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    Sri Lankan twins pose for a picture during an event attempting to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins, in Colombo. Image Credit: AFP
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    Sri Lankan twins pose for a selfie during an event attempting to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins, in Colombo. Image Credit: AFP
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    Twins pose for photographs during an event to attempt to break the world record for the biggest gathering of twins in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image Credit: Reuters

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