Congratulations Jason. We’ve been waiting for your breakout result.
2007 Lake Placid World Cup finals, April 2, 2007
… Jason Burnett (CAN) broke the 20-year-old world record in difficulty with 17.50 pts and won the silver medal. Yuri Nikitin (UKR) took the gold. …
When legendary Igor Gelimbatovsky (USSR) beat the world record of the highest difficulty at the 1986 World Championships in Paris, France, everybody realized the magnitude of the performance. However, nobody envisioned that the world record would still be standing more than 20 years later. …
Jason’s routine in finals:
– Rudy out triffis pike (12 003 <)
– Full in full out layout (8 22 /)
– Half out triffis pike (12 001 <)
– Half in randy out pike (8 15 <)
– Randy out pike (8 05 <)
– Half in rudy out pike (8 15 <)
– Full in rudy out layout (8 23 /)
– Miller layout (8 33 /)
– Rudy out pike (8 03 <)
– Miller plus layout (8 44 /)17.50 pt NEW WORLD RECORD BY JASON BURNETT in the finals of the Lake Placid World Cup
Leave a comment below if you know where we can link to video of the record breaking routine.

… Jason Burnett (CAN) broke the 20-year-old world record in difficulty with 17.50 pts and won the silver medal. Yuri Nikitin (UKR) took the gold. …