Sri Lankan watches TV 72 hours to set world record

[February 09, 2009]  STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Suresh Joachim has broken his own Guinness World Record for nonstop broadcast-television watching, clocking 72 hours in the Swedish capital.

"I feel fine. I drank between 25 and 30 cups of coffee," Joachim said Sunday. His previous record was 69 hours, 48 minutes, set in 2005.

Joachim, a Sri Lanka native who lives in Toronto, watched three seasons of the drama series "24" featuring Kiefer Sutherland, said Swedish TV4 spokeswoman Janina Witkowski.

[Associated Press]

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