Leeds gymnast sets world record

Photo Credit - British Gymnastics

A gymnast in Leeds has set a Guinness World Record with a gravity-defying leap.

Ashley Watson, 26, set the feat at Leeds Gymnastics Club, with two independent witnesses present and a chartered surveyor measuring the distance.

He set the horizontal bar backflip record by propelling himself 5.87m (19ft 3.1in) through the air and catching the second bar on his eighth attempt.

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