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Afterwards, the Guinness Book of Records holder took to his official LinkedIn page to explain that aside from suffering food poisoning during the marathon, his health was so bad that he“sneezed blood and coughed violently”two days before the marathon.
“After 60 hours of mental torture, we set a new record for the longest chess marathon in the world.
“I had woken up in the middle of the night some two weeks ago, cancelled my flight back home and decided to pursue this crazy idea of breaking the world record right in the heart of Times Square.
After all, I had taught them that it was possible to do great things from a small place against all odds.” Tunde Onakoya added,“On the day of the attempt, I still wasn’t feeling well but I dressed up and walked down to Times Square to see that Nigerians had turned up in numbers with Flags and flowers in hand to cheer me on.
“But my greatest joy wasn’t just breaking the record, it was in the little moments we shared with everyone present and the wave of support back home in Nigeria..
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