Teenager breaks world record for the quickest ever limbo skate

By Amy Reast via SWNS

A teenager has broken the world record for the quickest ever limbo skate - doing the splits while roller-skating under bars just inches from the ground.

Shristi Dharmendra Sharma, 17, slid under 10 bars in succession in just 1.69 seconds.

It's the fifth Guinness World Record for the girl who competes nationally in roller hockey and short track ice speed skating.

"I started skating when I was four years old," saidSharma from Nagpur in Maharashtra, western India.

"Before I started skating, my sister used to skate, and I would tag along with her for her classes.

"One day when my sister was practicing, she couldn't control her speed and rammed into a pole - following which my father threw away her skates.

"But she stood up for herself and told my father she would become a national champion anyway, and that inspired me a lot."

The video shows Sharma gearing up before breaking into a run, then dropping to the splits as she slides beneath the bars before coming up again on the other side.

Onlookers cheered as they watch her effortless performance.

She told how her biggest challenge - but greatest success - was completing the lowest limbo skate ON ICE over a 10-meter stretch.

She also now raises awareness and campaigns to get more women involved in various sports.

The schoolgirl broke her latest record on February 20.