| What's the longest World Championship in sport? | | | | hours plus to get through their playing time. |
| Not the *oldest*, but the longest, the one that | | | | In individual sports, the snooker is up at the top |
| takes the longest time to actually win? | | | | of the list. |
| It's an interesting question I found myself asking | | | | The matches get longer as the final gets closer, |
| after one Championship expressed its' claim this | | | | and one of the appeals of snooker is that there |
| week... | | | | are multiple outcomes for every frame. |
| In Sheffield, England, the snooker World | | | | You may get a frame finished in 11 minutes, or it |
| Championship finished. | | | | can just as easily take 50 minutes, there is no |
| It had lasted, as it does every year, for 17 days. | | | | time limit in the game. |
| The commentators always make reference to | | | | When you consider the final is best of 35 frames, |
| the length of duration of the tournament, so it | | | | you can see how the hours slip by! |
| certainly got me thinking if it was the longest. | | | | Could Formula 1 be considered? |
| I guess the Olympics don't count, as they are a | | | | Hmm, not sure. |
| collection of various sports, no it has to be a | | | | Although the drivers are individuals, it's also a |
| particular event. | | | | team championship, and is competed over a long |
| Maybe the Football World Cup? | | | | season rather than just a one-off event. |
| Well that covers a few weeks, but there are | | | | In fact, I'm sticking with snooker. |
| several days between games for all the teams, | | | | Even the commentators said that cycling's Tour |
| so it's not quite the same. | | | | de France was the winner of the debate, but I'm |
| The same applies to the cricket World Cup, which | | | | not sure I agree - after all the Tour de France, as |
| in 2007 stretched over 47 days- that's enough to | | | | prestigious as it is, it still not a World |
| test anyone's patience! | | | | Championship, is it! |
| How about the winter sport of curling? | | | | So, next time you settle down to enjoy your |
| Well that's a relatively short tournament of around | | | | favourite long sporting events, ask yourself which |
| 10 days, although a team can take up to 20 | | | | you think is the longest! |