Recently, Ma Jiajun, a 17-year-old high school student from Jiangcheng Middle School in Jilin City, Jilin Province, received a Guinness World Records certificate. With 701 times, he broke the world record for "the most consecutive jumps of three-swing rope skipping (male)". This

Recently

17-year-old high school student Ma Jiajun

of Jiangcheng Middle School in Jilin City, Jilin Province received

Guinness World Records certificate

He achieved 701 times

refreshed the world record

"The most three consecutive jumps skipping rope (male)"

This record has been dusty for 35 years

The previous record was held by a Japanese athlete 423 times

Ma Jiajun jumped 278 times more than him

Ma Jiajun started jumping rope in the third grade of elementary school

At first he just wanted to keep fit

improve his physical fitness

Ma Jiajun said:

"When I was a child, I was very thin and not very tall.

When I was in junior high school, I was only 1 meter tall. 55

I was taller than those around me. His classmates are all much shorter

and often have colds and fevers"

In 2019,

Ma Jiajun, who was in junior high school, came to Jilin Letiao Club

to train with coaches Xu Tianhai and Mang Yong. Practice

In the words of Xu Tianhai

"When he first came here, he was a bit rebellious and not very obedient"

Later

Xu Tianhai was responsible for training

Mang Yong was responsible for doing Ideological work

With the continuous help and encouragement of the two,

Ma Jiajun gradually adjusted his mentality

and slowly found the joy of skipping

In 2020

Ma Jiajun won the

National Rope Skipping Finals. He won the three-swing rope skipping championship in a row. ml3

Xu Tianhai introduced

Three-swing rope skipping requires very high core strength

It is a sport that requires athletes to have both

rhythm, endurance, and elasticity. Comprehensive exercise of jumping and coordination

The training is difficult

The exercise intensity is high

It is difficult to complete without extraordinary strength and perseverance

It is difficult and intense

But Ma Jiajun did not give up

Go to school in the morning and train in the afternoon

Practice for five or six hours every day

Hard work pays off

Starting from 2021, he will specialize in triple jumps More than a year later

he improved his score

from more than 300 times to 701 times

"When I was a child, my favorite TV program was

" Guinness China Night "

At that time, I dreamed that

I would also have a certificate one day. "

Currently

Ma Jiajun is preparing for the 2022 Asian Skipping Championships

He has set a new goal

hoping to break the official competition record of 530 times

pairs For Ma Jiajun, who has tried his best to jump out 701 times,

this goal may not be too difficult.

But facing next year's college entrance examination,

Ma Jiajun hopes that his next certificate will be

an admission notice from his favorite university

Ma Jiajun said

He will work hard to promote the sport of skipping

Let more people fall in love with skipping as much as they love running

Source: Xinhua News Agency