London, July 2 (ANI): Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, has revealed a selection of the wackiest feats ever achieved in the world of alternative sport in a new book.
The unique athletes who have taken record-breaking to new and outrageous extremes have been honoured in their new e-book, 'Totally Bonkers Sporting Champions', which is available on iPad, nook and kindle.
The athletes include New Zealand's Veronica Torr who recorded the Fastest 100 Metre Hurdles Wearing Swim Fins - in 18.52 seconds - and Kenichi Ito, from Japan, who ran the Fastest 100m Running on All Fours in 18.58 seconds.
In November 2008 Japan's Kenichi Ito made the record for the Fastest 100m on All Fours in an astonishing 18.58 seconds; just 9 seconds longer than Usain Bolt.
The 29 year-old self-proclaimed 'monkey enthusiast' from Tokyo has spent years perfecting a style of running based on the movements of the West African Patas monkey.
Darren Taylor - alias Professor Splash - has over 25 years' experience in shallow diving. In November 2011 the 50-year-old from Colorado, USA, broke his own record for the Highest Shallow Dive.
Darren made the plunge from a height of 11.20 m - 36ft 8.94 in - landing into just 30 cm - 12 in - of water.
"Yes, it hurts, but the pain lasts for a minute, while the glory lasts a lifetime," the Daily Mail quoted Darren as saying of the heroic plunge.
The 64-year-old John Evans holds the 14-year record for the Heaviest Car Balanced on the Head. Back in May 1999 John from Derbyshire carried a Mini Cooper, weighing 159.6kg - 352lb - upon his head for over half a minute.
"It's all very well being a professional athlete, but what about the pea-shooters, toe-wrestlers and haggis-hurlers?" Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief, said.
"Who gives these passionate sporting heroes the credit they deserve? Thankfully, Guinness World Records is here to congratulate and celebrate these unsung heroes of the track, field and bog," he added. (ANI)
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