Gymnastics: Lucie Colbeck sets new handspring world record

A former British gymnast has set an amazing new world record - performing 36 handsprings in less than 30 seconds.

Lucie Colebeck performed the amazing skill on a trampoline, beating the previous record of 25.

She previously won the British tumbling title and a World Championships medal, before retiring from the sport in 2018.

She now performs with Cirque du Soleil, and set the record at the Royal Albert Hall where their show is currently being performed.

She said it felt "absolutely amazing to have broken this record".

Lucie Colebeck and Oyun-Erdene Senge broke their world record between performances of Alegría

Lucy said she is used to performing many handsprings in a row as part of the Cirque du Soleil show, Alegría, but has never attempted to do something this challenging before.

"In the show we only do five in a row, so to be able to attempt to do as many as possible in 30 seconds is quite a difficult thing to do."

Contortionist Oyun-Erdene Senge also broke a world record

Contortionist Oyun-Erdene Senge also broke a world record, performing the most contortion roll push ups in 30 seconds (female), beating the previous record of 21 with her total of 24.

She supported her weight on the palm of her hands and performed as many push ups as she could in the allotted time.

Guinness World Records sent adjudicator Megan to watch the record attempts in person to make sure they were performed correctly.

"I was amazed by the level of flexibility and upper body strength shown by Oyun-Erdene and Lucie's attempt was lightning fast as she managed to beat the record with at least five seconds to spare," she said.