OBEC - Honda 31 Legs United Race Year 4
Bangkok, 30 May 2008: Mr. Weerasak Kowsurat (6th from left), Minister of Tourism and Sports, presided over a press conference to kick off the "OBEC–Honda 31 Legs United Race Year 4" in collaboration with the Honda Group of Companies in Thailand and the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) of the Ministry of Education. Mr. Adisak Rohitasune (7th from left), Senior Vice President of Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Mr. Rojana Kritcharoen (6th from right), Director of Student Activity Development, Office of the Basic Education Commission, reinforce the unity of co-operation between the public and private sectors. The OBEC–Honda 31 Legs United Race Year 4 competition will offer Thai youth the opportunity to demonstrate the power of teamwork and solidarity.
Photo shows: Students from Wat Pom Vichien Chotikaram, the winner of 3rd OBEC-Honda 31-Legs United Race, demonstrate how to run the 31 legs united race. Students in grades five and six are invited to apply to join the "OBEC–Honda 31 Legs United Race Year 4" competition. The registration period runs from June 3 until August 15, 2008.
More information about the competition is available at the program’s information center on 02-539-8686 from Mondays until Fridays, 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., and also at www.honda31legs.com
About the Honda 31 Legs Race
The Honda 31 Legs United Race is a challenging new sport that requires 30 runners having their legs fastened together. Built upon the basic idea of 3-legs running, which involves binding the legs of two people so that unity and teamwork are required to run, the Honda 31 Legs United racing competition has 30 person teams who run abreast for 50 meters as fast as possible. They must demonstrate unity, teamwork and dedication to be successful. This fun and exciting sport promotes the spirit of unity and challenge. The current world record is 8.80 seconds by the Ishii Higashi School team in Japan and it remains in the Guinness Book the World of Records. In the 2007 Thailand Championship competition, Wat Pom Vichien Chotikaram, Samut Sakorn, the former champion from the first year of the race was the victor and won the H.R.H Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s trophy with the fastest time of 9.11 seconds, being the 2 times championship.
