Perth woman, 75, sets handstand record, holds it 55 seconds

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA seventy-five-year-old woman in Perth, Esther Fischer, is now the oldest person ever to hold a handstand, and she held it for fifty-five seconds.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFifty-five? What did Guinness ask for?

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifteen seconds.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorShe more than tripled it. The old record holder, from the United States, was seventy-four years and one hundred forty-five days old. Frankly, a kid.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd she started training at sixty-four or sixty-five, her gym owner says. She wasn't a gymnast or an athlete when she was young.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt took her three years to get it. She says it took ages and ages, and then one day she hit it. I'm fine.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSomething's in my eye.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistHer next goal is a one-arm handstand.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRated: gold medal, ten out of ten, no notes.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistForty seconds of free handstand. I'd have asked for a tip.