Showing posts with label world record. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world record. Show all posts

6/5/12

Chinese Are Superior in Parallel Parking

Chinese Are Superior in Parallel Parking

Via Guinness World Records Beijing - May 31, 2012

During the recent launch party for the ‘Chinese Job’ special Mini car, professional driver Han Yue set a new world record for the tightest parallel parking when he drifted his 'Chinese Job' Mini car into a very tight parking space between two other minis with only 15 centimeters between the cars. Officials from the Guiness Book of World Records confirmed the new mark which beat the previous record by an incredible 7 cm. On April 17, 2012, professional stunt driver Patrik Folco of Italy set the previous Guiness World record in Rome, Italy by parking with only 22 cm. difference between the cars. That mark was thought to have been unbeatable, however Han Yue bested the old record on his first attempt and set the new mark in his seventh attempt:



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Japanese Are Superior in Jump Rope

2012 Beijing Auto Show Model Li Ying Zhi

10/30/11

Japanese Are Superior in Jump Rope

Earlier this year, the Japanese proved their superiority to all other humans in Inflatable Water Sports!! And now a Japanse woman has done it once again by breaking the Guiness Book of World Records mark for completing the most jump ropes in 30 seconds:




162 jumps in 30 seconds is 5.4 jumps per second! Very impressive.

But did this athlete also break another world record?

See also: Japanese TV Slam Dunk World Record Video

5/5/08

Japanese TV Slam Dunk World Record Video

Below is a very funny Japanese TV clip of a trampoline athlete, who previously won a World Cup Trampoline Silver Medal, going for the the longest distance basketball slam dunk world record. The hoop is located over six meters in front of the trampoline! This is his third and final attempt to break the world record: