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Vietnamese acrobat duo the Giang Brothers made a new Guinness World Record when they climbed the stairs of the Cathedral of Girona in Spain on December 23
Giang Quoc Co, 37, and his brother Giang Quoc Nghiep, 32, scaled 100 steps in 53 seconds, breaking their own previous record of 90 steps in 52 seconds made here in December 2016.
The two circus artists arrived in Spain on December 17 and underwent several days of training before taking on the challenge on December 23.
Quoc Co and Quoc Nghiep first rose to global fame after finishing in the top 4 of the 2018 series of Britain’s Got Talent.
They also set a Guinness World Record in 2018 for 'climbing and descending ten stairs backwards while being blindfolded and balancing head-to-head' during a performance filmed in Italy.
The Vietnamese duo also won several local and international circus prizes, including the Grand Prix Award at the 10th International Circus Festival in Havana, Cuba in 2011. In addition, they picked up three prizes at the 13th International Circus Festival in Italy, including a silver medal and two minor titles awarded by internationally renowned circus groups Monte Carlo Circus and Cirque du Soleil, along with the Silver Lion Award at the 2011 13th International Circus Festival in Hebei Province of China.
