A Frenchman on Wednesday broke the world record for bungee jumping, throwing himself into the void 765 times in 24 hours from a bridge in Scotland.
François-Marie Dibon, a 44-year-old Parisian who lives in Sweden, broke the previous record, set in May 2017 by a New Zealander who threw himself 430 times in one day.
🎥 Watch the moment Francois-Marie Dibon begins his bungee jump world record attempt in Killiecrankie.
🥇 The Frenchman is attempting to break the record for the most amount of bungee jumps in 24 hours.
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The Frenchman started his challenge on Tuesday from a platform in the village of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands.
Twelve hours later he had already broken the record but continued bungee jumping until Wednesday morning.
“I feel like my brain still thinks I'm jumping,” he reacted.
“I don't feel tired yet (…) I feel the excitement of having beaten this record with the whole team.
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He suffered from vertigo
Before starting on Tuesday, François-Marie Dibon had told the PA agency to be "happy and in the present moment".
He then chained the jumps, despite the showers, almost without taking breaks and eating little.
After each 40-meter dive in the Scottish gorges, the Frenchman was brought up on deck by his team from where he jumped back up immediately.
On average, he performed a jump every 113 seconds.
Establishing a bungee jumping record is nothing trivial for François-Marie Dibon, who had vertigo a few years ago.
To beat this record, which he had in his sights for five years, the Frenchman trained for months.
"It's not just an extreme and individual sport, it's an endurance sport that is collective," he said, praising the work of the fifteen Scots who accompanied him. in his challenge.
Guinness World Records judge Joanne Brent called the record "inspiring".
The rubber band gives way during his jump, he falls into the water but comes out unscathed
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