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Athlete bags Guinness World Record for doing 85 four-finger push-ups in a minute

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/13/2021 12:12:40 PM

Former weightlifter Laithangbam Vidya Sagar Singh bagged the Guinness World Record for doing 85 fourfinger pushups in just a minute. Singh supported himself on two fingers per hand when he did the pushups. ANI posted the video of him doing so on their YouTube page. Take a look. Speaking to the news agency, the former weightlifter said, "I have been practicing this since I was in Class 6. I focussed on physical training and practiced push-ups a lot." He geared up to achieve this feat with the kickboxing coach at the AZTECS Sports in the Manipur capital. The officials were present at the event where he was doing the push-ups. Before doing so, he was seen touching his coach's feet after which he began his recordbreaking attempt. The founder, Thangjam Premananda said, "The previous record was held by a man named Deepak Sharma from India who did 70 pushups in one minute. Sharma hails from Dehradun and he held the world record in September 2018. Various types of pushups have been a part of the Guinness World Record repertoire.