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New World Record Set In Reston (ICYMI)
The college student from Great Falls did 10,020 pull-ups in less than 20 hours over the weekend.
Editor's note: This article was originally posted earlier this week.
RESTON, VA -- A teenager has just set a new world record for pull-ups at a gym in Reston over the weekend, according to a report.
WTOP reports that 19-year-old Andrew Shapiro, a college student from Great Falls, did 10,020 pull-ups over 20 hours. You can watch the moment he passed 10,000 in the video embedded below.
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The old record was 7,600.
Shapiro did it to raise awareness for ocean conservation, according to the report. The event also served as a fundraiser for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
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Shpairo will submit documentation to the Guinness World Records to prove that he accomplished the feat.
Image: Screengrab from embedded YouTube video
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