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Gymnast in Leeds sets horizontal bar backflip world record of nearly 20ft


In Leeds, England, Ashley Watson, 26, set a new Guinness World Record with a backflip between horizontal bars nearly 20 feet (5.87 meters) apart. In this case, Watson didn’t fly through the air with the greatest of ease as it took him six tries to land it.


Bonus below, Watson’s own “favorite videos of 2015, in and out of competition”:

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