A British gymnast backflipped himself into the record books with a spectacular horizontal bar leap.
Ashley Watson, 26, nailed the 5.87-meter jump in Leeds, northern England, in October to secure himself a prestigious Guinness World Record, reports the BBC.
Astonishing footage that Watson just shared to Instagram this week shows him swinging around the launch bar three times before backflipping over and successfully grabbing hold of the landing bar.
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