Setting Records on Guinness World Records Day
2021-11-18
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1November 17, 2021 marks the eighteenth yearly Guinness World Records Day.
2People from around the world are trying to set all kinds of records on this day.
3They include records for most football crossovers while sitting down to most consecutive jumps over cars on a pogo stick.
4British gymnast Ashley Watson said, "If you want to be a Guinness World Records title holder just go for it."
5Watson broke his own record on gymnastics equipment for "farthest backflip between horizontal bars" with a distance of six meters.
6He set the previous record of 5.87 meters back in 2018.
7Venezuelan soccer player Laura Biondo broke not one but two records for the day.
8She recorded "most sit-down football crossovers in 30 seconds (female)" with 62 and "most double around the world ball control tricks in one minute (female)" with 24.
9The two new records added to Biondo's 11 other Guinness records.
10 Soccer is the American word for the sport of football.
11Biondo said, "If you set yourself a goal, you can definitely achieve it if you put hard work into it."
12She is planning to set a few more records to reach a total of at least 15.
13The idea for Guinness World Records came in the early 1950s when some hunters in Wexford, Ireland argued about the fastest game bird.
14They could not find the answer in any book.
15So Hugh Beaver came up with an idea for a book to settle the arguments and to publicize his beer company, Guinness.
16The book had sold 143 million copies by 2019.
17There are now television programs, game shows and museums to show the records.
18In case you are wondering, Guinness says the fastest game bird is the golden plover.
19A few more records were also set Wednesday on World Records Day.
20In Nanchong, China, Zhang Shuang, who weighs 70 kilograms, pulled a 1225-kilogram vehicle while walking on his hands.
21He was able to pass the 50-meter mark in 1 minute 13.27 seconds.
22That was good enough for the "fastest time to pull a car 50 meters walking on hands."
23Zhang said he is walking on his hands every day and often shows them off to his students.
24In southeastern China, 11-year-old Wang Guanwutong failed in his first attempt to set the record for "most consecutive breakdance airflares (male)."
25An airflare is a dance movement in which the dancer spins around the dance floor on one hand.
26Wang finally set a new record for males of 94 airflares.
27However, he has a long way to go to match the female record of 121 airflares set by seven-year-old Qi Yufan, also of China.
28In Japan, Takahiro Ikeda set not one but three records on his BMX bicycle.
29Those records are: "most BMX Stick B in 30 seconds," 3; "most BMX time machines in 30 seconds," 45; and "BMX - most turbine megaspins in one minute:" 45.
30If you don't know what they are, don't try them.
31In Doha, Qatar, Ayoub Touabe of Morocco used one of his legs instead of his hands to set the record for "most single leg backward somersaults in 30 seconds."
32He completed 12 while standing on one leg.
33In Britain, an American set his own record for "most consecutive cars jumped over on a pogo stick."
34Tyler Phillips used a pogo stick, a kind of toy used for jumping up and down, to jump over five London Black taxicabs to beat the old record of four.
35Each taxicab car is nearly 2 meters tall and 1.6 meter wide.
36He said, "Training for this record was way harder than actually doing it."
37I'm Jonathan Evans.
1November 17, 2021 marks the eighteenth yearly Guinness World Records Day. 2People from around the world are trying to set all kinds of records on this day. They include records for most football crossovers while sitting down to most consecutive jumps over cars on a pogo stick. 3British gymnast Ashley Watson said, "If you want to be a Guinness World Records title holder just go for it." Watson broke his own record on gymnastics equipment for "farthest backflip between horizontal bars" with a distance of six meters. He set the previous record of 5.87 meters back in 2018. 4Venezuelan soccer player Laura Biondo broke not one but two records for the day. She recorded "most sit-down football crossovers in 30 seconds (female)" with 62 and "most double around the world ball control tricks in one minute (female)" with 24. The two new records added to Biondo's 11 other Guinness records. Soccer is the American word for the sport of football. 5Biondo said, "If you set yourself a goal, you can definitely achieve it if you put hard work into it." She is planning to set a few more records to reach a total of at least 15. 6The idea for Guinness World Records came in the early 1950s when some hunters in Wexford, Ireland argued about the fastest game bird. They could not find the answer in any book. So Hugh Beaver came up with an idea for a book to settle the arguments and to publicize his beer company, Guinness. The book had sold 143 million copies by 2019. There are now television programs, game shows and museums to show the records. 7In case you are wondering, Guinness says the fastest game bird is the golden plover. 8A few more records were also set Wednesday on World Records Day. 9In Nanchong, China, Zhang Shuang, who weighs 70 kilograms, pulled a 1225-kilogram vehicle while walking on his hands. He was able to pass the 50-meter mark in 1 minute 13.27 seconds. That was good enough for the "fastest time to pull a car 50 meters walking on hands." 10Zhang said he is walking on his hands every day and often shows them off to his students. 11In southeastern China, 11-year-old Wang Guanwutong failed in his first attempt to set the record for "most consecutive breakdance airflares (male)." An airflare is a dance movement in which the dancer spins around the dance floor on one hand. 12Wang finally set a new record for males of 94 airflares. However, he has a long way to go to match the female record of 121 airflares set by seven-year-old Qi Yufan, also of China. 13In Japan, Takahiro Ikeda set not one but three records on his BMX bicycle. Those records are: "most BMX Stick B in 30 seconds," 3; "most BMX time machines in 30 seconds," 45; and "BMX - most turbine megaspins in one minute:" 45. 14If you don't know what they are, don't try them. 15In Doha, Qatar, Ayoub Touabe of Morocco used one of his legs instead of his hands to set the record for "most single leg backward somersaults in 30 seconds." He completed 12 while standing on one leg. 16In Britain, an American set his own record for "most consecutive cars jumped over on a pogo stick." 17Tyler Phillips used a pogo stick, a kind of toy used for jumping up and down, to jump over five London Black taxicabs to beat the old record of four. Each taxicab car is nearly 2 meters tall and 1.6 meter wide. 18He said, "Training for this record was way harder than actually doing it." 19I'm Jonathan Evans. 20Hai Do wrote this report with information from Guinness World Records. Mario Ritter Jr. was the editor. 21____________________________________________________ 22Words in This Story 23consecutive -adj. following one after another in a series 24gymnast -n. a person who performs physical exercises on a mat or on special equipment as part of an sports competition; a person who takes part in the sport of gymnastics 25achieve -v. to get or reach a goal by working hard 26spin -v. to turn or cause something to turn around in circles repeatedly 27somersault -n. a forward or backward movement of your body on the ground or in the air that is made by bringing your feet over your head 28We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments section, and visit our Facebook page.