ON A SLACKLINE
France’s Lucas Milliard took just 1 min 59.73 sec to
navigate a 100-m-long slackline at an event staged by
Hailuogou National Glacier Forest Park and Huway.com
in Luding, Sichuan, China, on 12 Jun 2016.
The fastest time to walk 100 m
backwards on a slackline is 6 min 1 sec by
Théo Sanson (FRA). The event was staged by
Wind Team (CHN) in the Yuntai Mountain area
of Henan Province in China on 6 Nov 2016.SUPERHUMANSON CRUTCHES
ȍINVERTEDȎ
On 6 Mar 2014, in a
remarkable demonstration
of strength, stamina and
balance, Tameru Zegeye
(ETH) raced down a 100-m
track upside down and
on forearm crutches in
57.00 sec in Fürth, Bavaria,
Germany. Tameru was born
with deformed feet and
cannot use his legs, but
has developed prodigious
upper-body strength and
is now a circus performer.
For Lucas’s
vertiginous
record attempt, the
slackline was suspended
approximately
70 m^
(230^ ft) above the
ground, between two
piers of Hailuogou
Valley Bridge.ON ALL FOURS
On 6 Nov 2015, Kenichi Ito (JPN) scuttled across 100 m
on his hands and feet in a time of 15.71 sec at Komazawa
Olympic Park Athletic Field in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.
He had broken the record on four separate occasions
previously. Kenichi spent nearly 10 years developing his
trademark means of propulsion, which is based largely
on the way African patas monkeys move around.
IN AN EGG
AND SPOON RACE
At an event to mark the launch
of GWR 2014, Australia’s Sally
Pearson ran a 100-m egg and
spoon race in 16.59 sec in
Sydney, New South Wales,
on 23 Sep 2013. She already
had experience at this
distance: Sally is an Olympic
hurdler and her speciality
is the 100 m hurdles event- in fact, she was the 2012
Olympic champion!
IN A PUMPKIN
Dmitri Galitzine (UK) paddled a 600-lb (272.15-kg) pumpkin
for a distance of 100 m in 2 min 0.3 sec at Trafalgar Wharf in
Portchester, Hampshire, UK, on 23 May 2013. In accordance
with GWR’s guidelines, Dmitri used a standard, commercially
available kayak paddle. Aside from hollowing it out, he did
not modify the pumpkin in any way.IN A CHAIR
André Ortolf (DEU) covered 100 m in 31.92 sec in a six-wheeled
swivel chair in Augsburg, Germany, on 15 Aug 2014. Earlier
that year, he had run the fastest 100 m in ski boots, but Max
Willcocks (UK) now holds this record, with a time of 14.09 sec.
André was also in the team that ran the fastest 4 x 100 m
relay in firemenȣs uniform (59.58 sec), again in Augsburg,
on 30 Jun 2016. His team-mates were Markus Eppler,
Peter Mayer and Anselm Brieger (all DEU).IN HIGH-HEELED
ROLLER SKATES
On 21 Aug 2013, Marawa
Ibrahim (AUS) glided
across a distance of
100 m on her high-
heeled roller skates in
26.10 sec in Regent’s
Park, London, UK.
Four years later, on
1 Feb 2017, the
multi-talented
Marawa
recorded
the fastest
100 m hula
hooping – 17.87 sec- in Sheep Meadow,
Central Park, New York
City, USA. The feat was
filmed for a Guinness
World Records Facebook
Live event.
IN HIGH HEELS ȍFEMALEȎ
On 2 May 2015, Denmark’s
Majken Sichlau raced down
a 100-m track in 13.557 sec
wearing 9.5-cm-high (3.7-in)
heels. Majken’s sprint took
place at the Tårnby Games
2015 at Tårnby Stadium in
Copenhagen, Denmark.