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The New Paper Big Walk is a mass-participation walking event held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on May 21, 2000 at the Singapore National Stadium to mark the 10th anniversary. The 10 kilometer walk takes an estimated 3 hours to complete and usually starts from its traditional starting point, Singapore National Stadium at 6 o'clock in the morning. ==History== The event was founded by ''The New Paper''. The very first Big Walk took place on June 16, 1991, and only 4,500 walkers were expected. However, expectations were exceeded when more than 7,000 walkers showed up on the day of the walk. Since then, the event has become more popular and today boasts the participation of tens of thousands of people annually. On its 10th anniversary, The New Paper Big Walk 2000 broke into the official Guinness World record as World’s Largest Walk. Having the Guinness certificate means that this popular Singaporean mass event has ranked among the largest world events, such as the Boston Marathon. The event took a one-year hiatus in 2007, amid news that its venue of choice, the National Stadium at Kallang & Madash, was going to be torn down to make way for a world-class integrated sports' hub. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Paper Big Walk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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