With the media storm about Susan Boyle [and her subsequent nervous breakdown] on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, other impressive competitors got glossed over….
Iona Luvsandorj is one of those competitors. The 28 year old Mongolian born Londoner performed a fantastic contortion routine on the show, which failed to get her through to the finals, to my annoyance [yes, I confess to having followed the show fanatically]
This weekend, she held a pose called the “Marinelli bend” for 33 seconds, beating the existing world record by 11 seconds.
The Marinelli is an inverted backbend where the whole body is supported by the mouth by gripping onto a short post that is held between the gums – as shown above.
Safe to say, I will not be trying this out at home.
