French firefighter Jonathan Vero, 39, has set the world alight by attaining the longest distance full physique burn run with out oxygen.
Sporting a protecting swimsuit, Jonathan ran 272.25 metres (893 ft) whereas engulfed in flames, breaking the earlier document of 204.23 metres (670 ft).
In doing so, Jonathan additionally broke the document for the quickest full physique burn 100 m dash with out oxygen, clocking in at 17 seconds, beating the earlier document by 7.58 seconds.
Each data have been beforehand held by Antony Britton (UK).
New document: The quickest full physique burn 100 m dash with out oxygen – 17 seconds by Jonathan Vero (France)
Jonathan additionally set the document for the farthest distance ran in full physique burn throughout this try at 272.25 metres! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/J0QJsPNkPf — Guinness World Information (@GWR) June 29, 2023
Though you may not suppose that there are various individuals who would willingly set themselves on hearth to interrupt a world document, you’d be shocked. The longest distance full physique burn run with out oxygen document is very aggressive and has modified fingers seven instances since 2009.
Jonathan ran over 3 times additional than Keith Malcolm (UK) did when he initially set this document 14 years in the past.
Along with being a firefighter, Jonathan can be an expert stuntman. He says he’s “all the time had a ardour for hearth,” and he’s “by no means stopped taking part in with it” ever since he was a baby.
Jonathan divides his time between placing out fires and placing on hearth reveals, throughout which he does issues like hearth juggling, hearth consuming, and the “human torch” (setting his entire physique ablaze).
He tried these data as a result of he enjoys “pushing the boundaries,” and he wished to “push open the doorways of the well-known Guinness World Information.” He additionally wished to show to himself that he can “all the time go additional” as a hearth artist.
Jonathan spent three months getting ready for his record-breaking run, coaching his “endurance, explosiveness, and respiratory.”
The official try came about in his hometown of Haubourdin, France, as he wished to do it in “town that noticed me develop up,” on the identical athletics observe which he educated on throughout his youth.
He mentioned afterwards: “This efficiency has loads of that means for me, for my job as a firefighter and for the individuals who educated me and watched me develop.”
Attaining these Guinness World Information titles was a childhood dream for Jonathan, who says he “strived day by day” to make it a actuality.
Nevertheless, Jonathan has no intention of stopping right here. “I’ve nonetheless acquired so much to try to loads of data to go for,” he mentioned.
“Right here, I am thought-about a ‘paradox’, even a ‘cheater of loss of life’, and I feel that within the months to return, these descriptors will tackle their full that means.” – Jonathan Vero
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