VALMEYER, IL, USA -- Chelsey Kipping, 13, who has been doing gymnastics since she was 4, has completed 32 back hand springs in honor of former Mon-Clair League President Mel Patton - setting the new world record for the Most consecutive back handsprings.
Valmeyer's Kipping made the attempt for the Most consecutive back handsprings in front of friends and family on the field before the Mon-Clair League's Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic baseball tournament's championship game.
Kipping said she was going for the record in honor of former Mon-Clair League President Mel Patton, who was killed by a drunken driver in a head-on car collision last August.
"I'm glad I'm doing this for Mel," Chelsey said. When asked how she can keep count and keep flipping during her flurry of back hand springs, Chelsey smiled and said "I only get dizzy after I'm done."
Chelsey practices at least nine hours a week at Barron Gymnastics in south St. Louis County. She likes tumbling and dance the most.
A previous unofficial completion of 26 flips was done by another athlete.
The attempt raised more than $700 for Valmeyer's Mon-Clair Lakers baseball team and for Chelsey's gymnastics team's trips, equipment and training expenses.
Valmeyer's Kipping made the attempt for the Most consecutive back handsprings in front of friends and family on the field before the Mon-Clair League's Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic baseball tournament's championship game.
Kipping said she was going for the record in honor of former Mon-Clair League President Mel Patton, who was killed by a drunken driver in a head-on car collision last August.
"I'm glad I'm doing this for Mel," Chelsey said. When asked how she can keep count and keep flipping during her flurry of back hand springs, Chelsey smiled and said "I only get dizzy after I'm done."
Chelsey practices at least nine hours a week at Barron Gymnastics in south St. Louis County. She likes tumbling and dance the most.
A previous unofficial completion of 26 flips was done by another athlete.
The attempt raised more than $700 for Valmeyer's Mon-Clair Lakers baseball team and for Chelsey's gymnastics team's trips, equipment and training expenses.
