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Skater Jumps Off Eiffel Tower, Lands Record
Updated: Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 12:47 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 7:41 AM CDT
(AFP) - Extreme in-line skating champion Taig Khris set a new world freefall record of 12.5 meters (41 feet) in France on Saturday when he launched himself off the Eiffel Tower onto a ramp.
Dropping from the first floor of the Tower some 40 meters above ground onto a quarterpipe, Frenchman Khris ended his run in a giant airbag.
"I've never had such a strong adrenaline rush," he told AFP after the vertiginous jump, in which he beat the 8.53-meter record set by American Danny Way.
He said he made the jump "to give people the desire to reach beyond their limits, to follow their passions, their dreams."
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