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There is no age limit for realizing your dreams: a 103-year-old Swede broke the world record for the oldest person to perform a tandem parachute jump. Reportage.
Rut Larsson, 103, struggles to walk, but nothing stops her. For a few minutes, she put aside her walker to experience one of the great moments of her life, in Motala (Sweden): a tandem parachute jump. The event is the pride of the Swedes, because the centenarian breaks the record for the oldest skydiver in tandem.
At 103 years and 259 days, Rut Larsson entered the Guinness Book of Records. She dethroned an American, 78 days her junior. “It’s wonderful to do this. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. An American broke the record, so I had to beat hers”she confided, laughing. To After the experience, Rut Larsson told his family that they loved the sensations.
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