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Man Runs 893 Feet While on Fire, Breaks Two World Records
UPI ^ | 6/29 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 07/02/2023 10:48:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A French firefighter earned a Guinness World Record for running a distance of 893 feet after being set on fire.

Jonathan Vero, 39, donned a protective suit and was set ablaze on a track in Haubourdin to break the record for longest distance full body burn run without oxygen.

Vero completed the first 328 feet in a time of 17 seconds, breaking a second record for fastest full body burn 100 meter sprint without oxygen.

Both records were previously held by British man Antony Britton, who ran a distance of 670 feet and finished the first 100 meters in 24.58 seconds.

Vero works as both a firefighter and a professional stuntman. He told GWR he "always had a passion for fire" and has "never stopped playing with it."


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1 posted on 07/02/2023 10:48:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Other than being a flamer, what did i miss?


2 posted on 07/02/2023 10:51:29 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: nickcarraway

I thought Richard Pryor set that record back in the early ‘80s ?


3 posted on 07/02/2023 11:06:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m not gay but, he’s hot...


4 posted on 07/02/2023 11:11:44 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: nickcarraway

Huh?


5 posted on 07/02/2023 11:14:04 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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No doubt a useful skill in France these days.


6 posted on 07/02/2023 11:21:12 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (In leftspeak, "disproven false claim" means fact. "Intolerance" means revulsion. "Progress" =failure)
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To: nickcarraway

At first I thought those mostly peaceful riots in France set him ablaze.


7 posted on 07/02/2023 11:22:38 PM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
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To: nickcarraway
I wonder how you train for that.


8 posted on 07/02/2023 11:27:31 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I thought Richard Pryor set that record back in the early ‘80s ?

1984 Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial a close second.

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9 posted on 07/02/2023 11:54:13 PM PDT by twister881
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To: nickcarraway

Key words: “without oxygen”.


10 posted on 07/03/2023 12:33:12 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: nickcarraway

There’s a “world record” for everything and anything these days. How exciting. Not!


11 posted on 07/03/2023 1:24:17 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: nickcarraway
A French firefighter earned a Guinness World Record for running a distance of 893 feet after being set on fire.

How much Guinness was involved in coming up with this as a competition?

12 posted on 07/03/2023 1:29:44 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago )
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What could possibly be next?

Beat The Reaper!

13 posted on 07/03/2023 2:02:35 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: nickcarraway

It would be a Frenchman, no less. Or, it could have been a Florida man. If they were to have put the two side-by-side, the record would have been a greater distance. Just sayin’....


14 posted on 07/03/2023 4:35:12 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t think the results are fully in from the French riots of the past week. We may find his record ‘eclipsed’.


15 posted on 07/03/2023 5:27:25 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: nickcarraway

…beating the world record. The event was originated by Richard Pryor.


16 posted on 07/03/2023 6:08:40 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I thought one of the records he broke would be Moronic idea for GWR: Setting Self on Fire! 🤓


17 posted on 07/03/2023 7:31:00 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: nickcarraway

More than this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_RELjHhD2s


18 posted on 07/03/2023 7:33:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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