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As part of an effort to promote support for people with disabilities and encourage an understanding of disability issues, the annual United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated this week on 3 December.
 
In honour of the occasion, this week’s Guinness World Records Classics video revisits the incredible moment a group of 25 players and friends of the wheelchair basketball team “Hannover United” (all Germany), led by Tan Caglar, set an amazing record for the Heaviest vehicle pulled over 100 m by a wheelchair team.
 
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Taking place at Fliegerhorst Hopsten in Hoerstel, Germany, on 10 July 2013, the team hauled three wrecking trucks with a combined weight of 50,080 kg (110,407.5 lb) over 100 m (328 ft).
 
The feat was recorded for the TV show "Guinness World Records - Wir holen den Rekord nach Deutschland", aired on RTL2 (Germany).
 
 
The Heaviest aircraft pulled over 100 m by a team of wheelchair users weighed 67.19 tonnes (148,128.59 lb) and was achieved by Blijf Actief (Belgium) at Melsbroek Air Base in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 May 2011. The team consisted of 84 connected individuals (permitted to be disabled or able-bodied) who pulled a 'C-130 Hercules' non-stop for nearly four minutes.
 
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Another awe-inspiring record was achieved by Xie Junwu (China), who completed the Longest continuous wheelie in a wheelchair, covering a distance of 25.8 km (16.03 miles) on the rear wheels of his chair at the Fangzhou Primary School athletics track in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, on 12 May 2012.
 
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