Aug. 2, 2016 / 3:00 PM

Hong Kong team sets world record with lightning-fast double-dutch

Members of the Hong Kong team set a double-dutch world record at the 2016 World Rope Skipping Championships. Screenshot: ISD ISD, HKSARG/YouTube

Members of the Hong Kong team set a double-dutch world record at the 2016 World Rope Skipping Championships. Screenshot: ISD ISD, HKSARG/YouTube

MALMO, Sweden, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A jump-roping team from Hong Kong set a double-dutch world record at the 2016 World Rope Skipping Championships in Sweden.

The Hong Kong team took home the top prize in the double-dutch 4x45-seconds and set a world record for the event with 671.5 jumps in three minutes at the championships in Malmo.

The team bested the previous record of 603 jumps in three minutes.

Video of the feat shows the team speed-jumping through the ropes at a high rate of speed and trading places without missing a rotation of the rope.

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