WATCH: 17-year-old Dubai student breaks Guinness World Record

Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:39

A 17-year-old boy from India broke a Guinness World Record for most side to side hops in 30 seconds in Dubai.

Soham Mukherjee, an 11-grader at GEMS Wellington International School, completed 110 hops in total with 9 deemed invalid according to the global authority for record breaking.

The previous record was 96 side to side hops.

Commenting on the victory, Mukherjee said, “I would have never attempted a record if I didn’t move to Dubai.”

He also revealed he will be attempting another record in aerobics, and he is confident he'll be able to break the previous title.

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