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Amputee Parkour Athlete Breaks Three Records in One Day
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Feb 5, 2025
Ruben Roldan, a parkour athlete from Spain, had his leg amputated at the age of seven after an accident on a tractor. Now, he specializes in free running and set three records in one day with a Guinness World Records adjudicator watching.
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We challenge one of the world's most extraordinary athletes
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to take on three Guinness World Records attempts in one day. Meet Ruben Roldan from Malaga, Spain
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Despite losing his leg in a tractor accident age nine, he has gone on to excel in his chosen sport, parkour
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The parkour me has saved the life, because me has demonstrated that all is possible
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With one incredible world record already to his name, Can he add three more
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Ruben competes in our LA1 impairment classification. This means he is a unilateral above knee ampentee
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Ruben will be attempting the highest running jump onto a platform, LA1
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I have to do pass perfect, the force perfect, the distance perfect
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It has to go to perfect. So, I need to concentrate me much. The rules are simple. Once he's jumped, he must stay on the platform and balance
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defens Come on We going to go On your third attempt you achieve 1 meters
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Congratulations. You are officially amazing. Rubin will now attempt the farthest standing jump, Parcourt dash, L.A.1
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In order to achieve this record, he needs to beat 1.8. eight two meters. Ruben will jump from one platform and then land using his own hands and dash
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over the other side of the barrier. Oh! Okay so Ruben has now beaten the minimum, however he would like to take the record further
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Ruben will now be attempting the jump at 2.47 meters. So Ruben has decided that he was comfortable at that distance and now wants to push the record further
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He'll be aiming for 2.66 meters during this attempt. Ruben has decided to do one more attempt where he will be up
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Upping the distance by 10 centimeters to 276 centimeters Rubin now you just attempted
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the farthest standing jump parkour dash, LA1 and we started at 1.82 meters
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and then attempted again all the way up until 2.76 meters. And I can confirm you achieved 2.768
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Congratulations, you are officially amazing. Next up, Ruben will be attempting the highest vertical leap with a running start
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For this record, we're going to be measuring Ruben's height and the difference between there and how high he touches on the wall
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In order to achieve this title, Ruben needs to achieve 1.2 meters
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Rubin has now increased the distance by 5 centimetres and will attempt again And we attempt again
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So we thought that was going to be the last attempt, but Ruben reckons he's got five centimetres more in him
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so we're just measuring that up now. Okay, Well
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Oh, man, he's in, no? Yeah? No? Yeah? Again, Rubin, you've just attempted the highest vertical leap
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with a running star, LA1. We started with a minimum 1.10 meters
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Now, you cleared that height and then carried on and up until 1.3 meters
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Oh, man, he's in, huh? Yes. We weren't quite. quite sure whether you cleared the tape so we had to go and check the footage
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And I can confirm that you cleared one meter 30. Congratulations. You are officially amazing
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Hello, Roober. I'm from here, that anyone that has a person who has a little difficulty
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that, that's possible, simply have to have to have to get you the world
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that it's just what you drin' it, because the who knows what you can do you are you. can do you
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Simply, it's a good attitude to be able to get what you want
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