Knowledge (XXG)

World Push Up Championships

Source 📝

180: 66: 25: 280:
A push-up was declared to be valid if the contestant pressed their body down on a judges fist and pushed up until their elbows locked. A two-man judging team counted the push-ups. The first was the judge with his fist on the mat, he/she counted the number of times the contestant pressed down on
267:
club, the event became an entity in its own right while still raising money for the Wellington/Hutt Valley GAA club. Early contestants Daithí "Dizzle" O'Connor and Callum "Tick Tock" Thomas helped raise an early profile for the competition by posting challenges on
281:
his/her fist giving the contestant a "raw score". The second judge counted the number of times a contestant rose without locking their arms giving the contestant a "fault count". The final score is raw score minus fault count.
244:. The championships include separate competition for men and women. Male competitors are judged on the number of push-ups they can complete in a one-minute period. The time limit in the ladies competition is 45 seconds. 38: 272:. The event was further publicised in the Wellington region through a morning television appearance, radio slots, national media and regional event guides. 378: 90:
of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
142: 114: 427: 215: 161: 52: 121: 44: 87: 76: 128: 83: 432: 110: 99: 264: 253: 135: 95: 91: 376: 351: 325: 382: 193:
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
421: 326:"The Irish have landed on St Patrick's Day – For the 'World Push Up Championships'" 298: 261: 257: 241: 252:
The inaugural World Push Up Championships were held in the Establishment Bar,
237: 395: 269: 233: 82:
Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
173: 59: 18: 303:
Scoop: New Zealand’s Independent News Media: Culture
16:
Annual push-up tournament in Wellington, New Zealand
256:on March 28, 2009. Originally envisaged as a 77:notability guideline for sports and athletics 8: 358:. Wellington: infonews.co.nz. 28 March 2009 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 396:"Irish have landed – for push-up contest" 216:Learn how and when to remove this message 162:Learn how and when to remove this message 290: 7: 394:Shelton, Lindsay (17 March 2009). 14: 324:Cryan, Columbia (17 March 2009). 34:This article has multiple issues. 178: 64: 23: 75:may not meet Knowledge (XXG)'s 42:or discuss these issues on the 1: 352:"World Push Up Championships" 111:"World Push Up Championships" 332:. Wellington: infonews.co.nz 305:. Scoop Media. 3 March 2009 254:Courtenay Place, Wellington 230:World Push Up Championships 449: 299:"Calling all true Aussies" 84:reliable secondary sources 73:The topic of this article 187:This article needs to be 428:Sport in Wellington City 402:. Wellington.scoop.co.nz 381:March 26, 2009, at the 356:infonews.co.nz: sport 330:infonews.co.nz: sport 433:World championships 260:for the Wellington/ 236:tournament held in 79: 226: 225: 218: 208: 207: 172: 171: 164: 146: 74: 57: 440: 412: 411: 409: 407: 400:Wellington.Scoop 391: 385: 374: 368: 367: 365: 363: 348: 342: 341: 339: 337: 321: 315: 314: 312: 310: 295: 221: 214: 203: 200: 194: 182: 181: 174: 167: 160: 156: 153: 147: 145: 104: 68: 67: 60: 49: 27: 26: 19: 448: 447: 443: 442: 441: 439: 438: 437: 418: 417: 416: 415: 405: 403: 393: 392: 388: 383:Wayback Machine 375: 371: 361: 359: 350: 349: 345: 335: 333: 323: 322: 318: 308: 306: 297: 296: 292: 287: 278: 250: 222: 211: 210: 209: 204: 198: 195: 192: 183: 179: 168: 157: 151: 148: 105: 103: 81: 69: 65: 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 446: 444: 436: 435: 430: 420: 419: 414: 413: 386: 369: 343: 316: 289: 288: 286: 283: 277: 274: 249: 246: 224: 223: 206: 205: 186: 184: 177: 170: 169: 72: 70: 63: 58: 32: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 445: 434: 431: 429: 426: 425: 423: 401: 397: 390: 387: 384: 380: 377: 373: 370: 357: 353: 347: 344: 331: 327: 320: 317: 304: 300: 294: 291: 284: 282: 275: 273: 271: 266: 263: 259: 255: 247: 245: 243: 239: 235: 232:is an annual 231: 220: 217: 202: 199:December 2017 190: 185: 176: 175: 166: 163: 155: 152:December 2017 144: 141: 137: 134: 130: 127: 123: 120: 116: 113: –  112: 108: 107:Find sources: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 78: 71: 62: 61: 56: 54: 47: 46: 41: 40: 35: 30: 21: 20: 404:. Retrieved 399: 389: 372: 360:. Retrieved 355: 346: 334:. Retrieved 329: 319: 307:. Retrieved 302: 293: 279: 251: 229: 227: 212: 196: 188: 158: 149: 139: 132: 125: 118: 106: 50: 43: 37: 36:Please help 33: 262:Hutt Valley 258:fund raiser 242:New Zealand 88:independent 422:Categories 285:References 238:Wellington 122:newspapers 96:redirected 39:improve it 86:that are 45:talk page 379:Archived 276:Judging 270:YouTube 234:push-up 189:updated 136:scholar 100:deleted 406:20 May 362:20 May 336:20 May 309:20 May 248:Origin 138:  131:  124:  117:  109:  92:merged 143:JSTOR 129:books 98:, or 408:2013 364:2013 338:2013 311:2013 228:The 115:news 265:GAA 424:: 398:. 354:. 328:. 301:. 240:, 94:, 48:. 410:. 366:. 340:. 313:. 219:) 213:( 201:) 197:( 191:. 165:) 159:( 154:) 150:( 140:· 133:· 126:· 119:· 102:. 80:. 55:) 51:(

Index

improve it
talk page
Learn how and when to remove these messages
notability guideline for sports and athletics
reliable secondary sources
independent
merged
redirected
deleted
"World Push Up Championships"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
Learn how and when to remove this message
push-up
Wellington
New Zealand
Courtenay Place, Wellington
fund raiser
Hutt Valley
GAA
YouTube
"Calling all true Aussies"
"The Irish have landed on St Patrick's Day – For the 'World Push Up Championships'"
"World Push Up Championships"

Archived

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.