Pretoria man attempts to break the Guinness World Record for skipping
The
attempt will take place on Friday, 6 May.
SD Heijns will attempt to break the world record currently held by Sella Rosa Rega from Boiceville, New York.
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The attempt will take place at the Sun International’s Maslow Time Square Hotel in Pretoria.
In order to monitor the event, it will be live-streamed and broadcast over various media.
The current eight-hour record stands at 70,030 skips, which is the target to beat. If he does, he will set his sights on the 12 and 24 hour records.
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When he was asked why he wants to do it, he said: “To bring the record to South Africa, to test the limits of the human body, and to demonstrate the fitness potential of training with minimal equipment.”
Image: SD Heijns