Women Break Bra World Record In Cyprus

We carried this story earlier of women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus want who were aiming to create the world's longest chain of bras. And now, they've done it.

The women created the world's longest chain of bras today by linking together nearly 115,000 of them covering an astounding 111 km or 70 miles.

The group of Dutch, British and Cypriot organisers took nearly nine hours to create the chain after a year of painstaking planning. Their success will shove Singapore, which had held the record since 2003 with 79,000 bras, off the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Women from as far as Alaska contributed bras for the record attempt, aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer. "I can't believe we really did it", said Louise van Rooij, a Dutch resident of Cyprus, one of the two women whose idea it was to attempt to break the record.

A logistics company carried out the official count to certify the record attempt on Saturday. The final count was 114,782, van Rooij said.

The bras will be stored in Cyprus and organisers will contact the Red Cross to find them a good home, van Rooij said.

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