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The European Championships in Loughborough was a record-breaking event!!
August 2, 2005

Yesterday the records-page of FISAC-IRSF was updated. All Freestyle records are removed because of the subjectivity in these records. But what a record-breaking day it has been!!!! In total 5 World and 7 European records were sharpened.

Single Rope Speed Relay:
The Hungarian team of the Female Juniors set a NEW World (and also European) Record!!! Exactly one year after the previous record was set by a Hungarian Female team at the World Championships in Australia. In 4 times 30 seconds the set a score of 351, which is a total number of 702 steps; an average of 5,85 steps per second!!!
Also the Belgian Male Seniors team set a new record. The four skippers scored 329 in the 120 seconds.

Double Under Speed Relay:
The Hungarian Female Senior team sharpened the World and European record, making it 340.
The Juniors from Belgian set the record in the Open division to 327.

Double Dutch Pairs Speed:
By smashing the World record (set by USA on July 24th, 2005) from 347 to 386 the Female Senior team from Hungary proved that it will soon be possible to cross the 400-border for this event!!
The senior Male team from Belgium was just 18 steps behind the Hungarian women; but their score of 377 gave them also a new World and European Record.

Double Dutch Speed Relay:
The Belgian Seniors in the Open division put 356 on the clickers, making it a new European record.

Knowing that several records were sharpened by Junior-teams, it shows that the limits have not yet been reached in Rope Skipping. And seeing how fast skippers move their feet and ropes: The need for very fast and accurate counting is more and more a must and not just a luxury.