Three students from a Shanghai middle school practice Double Dutch-style rope skips on a CCTV program aired on Sept. 1, 2019. (Screenshot on CCTV)
(ECNS) - Three students from a middle school in Shanghai have set a new Guinness World Record for Double Dutch-style rope skips with 143 jumps in 30 seconds.
Huang Junkai, Jiang Dali and Jin Zhenyu, all from No. 3 Middle School in Gaojing Town of Shanghai, set the new record on a China Central Television program called First Class, aired to usher in the new school year.
The three students set the previous Guinness record two years ago with 133 skips.
They also won a world championship this year. A video showing their stunning performance has gone viral on the Internet.
