A French firefighter has despatched two earlier world data up in smoke after working 100 metres on a observe whereas engulfed in flames. Guinness World Data has introduced it has licensed Jonathan Vero of Haubourdin, France, as the brand new world document holder for the longest distance full-body burn with out oxygen, in addition to the quickest full-body burn 100-metre dash with out oxygen.
New document: The quickest full physique burn 100 m dash with out oxygen – 17 seconds by Jonathan Vero (France)
Jonathan additionally set the document for the farthest distance ran in full physique burn throughout this try at 272.25 metres! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/J0QJsPNkPf
— Guinness World Data (@GWR) June 29, 2023
Vero set each data throughout his dramatic sprint in his hometown on Sept. 10 final 12 months, when, sporting a protecting swimsuit, the 39-year-old ran 272.25 m on an area observe whereas on fireplace. Along with breaking the space document on this specialised class, Vero additionally set a velocity document for working 100m whereas on fireplace, masking the space in 17 seconds—7.58 seconds quicker than the earlier document. Each data had been previously held by British runner Anthony Britton.
Like moths to a flame, opponents proceed to be drawn to the problem of working whereas ablaze—and in shocking numbers. In accordance with Guinness World Data, the bar for the longest distance full-body burn run with out oxygen has been raised seven occasions for the reason that fiery feat was first set by British runner Keith Malcolm in 2009.
Fittingly, Vero is burning the candle at each ends. Along with being a firefighter, he’s additionally an expert stuntman. He balanced each jobs whereas spending three months getting ready for his record-breaking run, focusing his coaching on“endurance, explosiveness and respiration.”
Telling Guinness World Data that he has “all the time had a ardour for fireplace” and that he “by no means stopped taking part in with it” even from an early age, Vero mentioned setting the document on the observe he used to run as a boy melted his coronary heart. “This efficiency has quite a lot of which means for me, for my job as a firefighter and for the individuals who educated me and watched me develop,” he mentioned.
Vero insisted he nonetheless has a protracted method to go earlier than his need to interrupt world data burns out. “I’ve nonetheless acquired rather a lot to try to quite a lot of data to go for,” he mentioned.
