Award Id: IGBR92| Category : Young Achievers
An Indian living in the United Arab Emirates sets a Guinness World Record after performing a total of 101 side-to-side hops over a stationery ruler within 30 seconds. Soham Mukherjee, a 17-year-old hailing from New Delhi got successful in breaking the previous record of 96 hops in 30 seconds. According to a statement released by the global authority on record-breaking, the teenager completed 110 hops in total but 9 were considered invalid. “In a video taken in his bedroom Mukherjee completed 110 hops in total but 9 were deemed invalid,” the statement said. Mr. Mukherjee, a class 11 student at Dubai’s GEMS Wellington International School said, “The record was measured by a close-up slow-motion video so that the line object and my feet are clearly seen.” Mr. Mukherjee, a class 11 student at Dubai’s GEMS Wellington International School said, “The record was measured by a close-up slow-motion video so that the line object and my feet are clearly seen.”