Tehran, IRNA – Saeed Ardestani ran 5 kilometers backward while skilling, setting a record in the presence of the head of Tehran Province Record Committee.

Ardestani managed to break the record of most skips in on hour last year, with 12,164 skips.

After several months of practice, he has now set a new record: longest backward running while skipping. He did it in 1 hour and 8 minutes and 54 second.

Ardestani is planning to skip for one mile.

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