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Aussie Dr Glenn Singleman has held the record (jointly) since 1992.
First Glenn and Nic Feteris climbed, then BASE jumped 5,955 metres (19,537 ft) from one of the Trango Towers.
In 2006 he and his wife Heather Swan climbed Mt Meru in the Indian Himalaya, jumping from 6604m (21,667ft), in the process setting new Guinness World Records for both BASE jumping and wingsuit flying.
Yesterday’s Qualifier, held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, was the final qualifying event for the 2010 U.S. Championships that will be held August 10-14 in Hartford, CT.
… The most notable point to me is the fact that he scored an impressive 54.7 in execution – an almost unheard of tally these days. That’s an average of just over a 9.1 in execution on all six events…and if you look a little closer, you’ll note that this is exactly why he won, since his total D-score was nearly three points lower than Leyva’s (and Leyva had a lower D-score on both pommel horse and p-bars than he normally does).
In today’s D-score dominated world, it’s really nice to see impeccable execution actually pay off the way the code is designed for it to …
… absent from the Qualifier but not already eligible for USAs: Injured Olympians Sasha Artemev (back) and Kevin Tan (forearm); former National Team member Sho Nakamori, on the mend from 2009 knee surgery; and two-time World team member Sean Golden, who tore his Achilles just days before last year’s USAs. All could still attempt to advance to USAs via petition. …
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