INTERNATIONAL: From a backflipping gymnast to ball control tricks to a man pulling a car while walking on his hands, this year's Guinness World Records Day is as colourful as ever. Talent from around the world have smashed all kinds of records for the eighteenth annual GWR Day on Wednesday.
The British gymnast broke his own record for the farthest backflip between two horizontal bars when he managed to propel himself 6 metres through the air. Ashely Watson says, "If you want to be a Guinness World Records title holder, just go for it, do it, find what you are really good at, see what the record is, train for it as hard as you can and do it. Honestly you won’t regret it".
Meanwhile in China, balanced on his hands - Zhang Shuang pulled a car for 50 metres in just 1 minute and 13.27 seconds, the fastest time to date. Zhang Shuang says, ''The skill is in having a very strong waist and abdomen, and good endurance in your triceps, arms and shoulders.''
Other winners include American Tyler 'Ty-so-Fly' Phillips, the 21-year-old broke the record for the most consective cars jumped over on a pogo stick, after he bounced over five stationary black cabs in London.
Takahiro Ikeda from Japan walked away with three records this year, including one for being super quick at BMX time machines after he knocked out 45 of the bike spins in 30 seconds.
32-year-old Laura Biondo from Venezuela bagged a couple of certificates for her ball control skills including the most double 'around the world' ball control tricks in one minute achieved by a female. She says, "What I love about record breaking is that it's a way to inspire, especially for the new generation but for me the most important thing is to inspire girls to follow their dreams and to know that if you set yourself a goal you can definitely achieve it if you put hard work into it."
Other winners include Ayoub Touabe from Morocco who impressed with his one-legged backward somersaults, doing 12 in 30 seconds. Editor in Chief of the Guinness World Records book Craig Glenday says that they've been ''blown away by the incredible talent and show of strength from our new record holders."
