Hungarian sets Guinness record for juggling football

A 23-year-old Hungarian man set a new Guinness record in juggling with a ball while lying on his back in the tiny village of Sur, W Hungary, on Saturday.

Pongrac Csima juggled the ball on his soles for 62 minutes and 33 seconds without any interruption, surpassing the previous record of Tomas Lundman of Sweden more than six times. During this period the young man touched the ball 9,766 times.

The new record-holder said that he had trained three to four hours a day over the past few months. The feat requires an especially strong concentration ability, and strains the lower back and blood circulation, he said.

Csima set his first world record in traditionally juggling two years ago, kicking the ball 4,239 times in half an hour.

• Email
• Save to My Caboodle