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Daredevil granny, 103, sets new world record for parachute jump

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Agence France-Presse

<p>STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A 103-year-old Swedish woman on Sunday set the world record for the oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump, saying she planned to celebrate &quot;with a little cake&quot;.</p><p>&quot;It was wonderful to do this, I&#x27;ve been thinking about it for a long time,&quot; Rut Larsson told Swedish news agency TT, adding: &quot;It all went as planned.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="fr">Rut Larsson, une grand-mère suédoise de 103 ans a battu le record du monde de la personne la plus âgée à réaliser un saut en parachute en tandem, à Motala, au sud-ouest de Stockholm.<br/><br/>Un représentant du livre Guinness des records était présent pour enregistrer le saut <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AFP</a> <a href="https://t.co/U3JESAgHT7">pic.twitter.com/U3JESAgHT7</a></p>— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) <a href="https://twitter.com/afpfr/status/1530968290364891138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>With family and friends waiting on the airfield below, Larsson completed her jump harnessed to parachutist Joackim Johansson in Motala, 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Stockholm.</p><p>The pair sailed down to the ground smoothly, as helpers rushed to Larsson&#x27;s side with her walker to help her get up.</p><p>Asked what she saw and felt as she came down, Larsson replied: &quot;Nowadays I don&#x27;t see so well, but it felt good&quot;.</p><p>She said she liked &quot;that you slowly glide down from above, I think it feels nice.&quot;</p><p>An official from the Guinness Book of World Records was on hand to record the jump.</p><p>Larsson, who is 103 years and 259 days old, beat the previous record of 103 years and 181 days.</p><div><strong>po/jj</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p5LOceM0Mq8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A 103-year-old Swedish woman on Sunday set the world record for the oldest person to complete a tandem parachute jump.