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Strong Brits, tall cats: Guinness’ 2023 world record holders

Reuters Videos
Updated

STORY: Meet the Guinness World Record holders of 2023

(Karenjeet Kaur Bains, Record holder)

"I'm Karenjeet Kaur Bains and I hold the Guinness World Record for the most times to squat lift my own bodyweight in one minute as a female."

(Jason Auld, Record holder)

"I'm Jason Auld and I set a Guinness World Records title for the heaviest single weight lifted by barbell overhead press while riding a unicycle."

(Kimberly Lester, Record holder)

"Hello. My name is Kimberly. I am 28 years old, and my Guinness World Record title is most catches with six objects in 30 seconds."

The new record book also includes

the most tap dance wings in one minute

most people backflipped over on ice skates

and the record for the tallest living

domestic cat, at 1.6 feet tall