Sheffield student Zdenek Bradac was gutted to learn that his two upside down juggling world records had been broken by an American.

But he wasn't going to take it lying down.

Just days later he was strapped into his special gravity boots and hanging upside down from a weight training frame at Sheffield Hallam University gym, clutching three balls and a deep desire to recapture his place in the Guinness Book of Records.

To do so he needed to juggle for a duration of more than two minutes and 11 seconds and catch the three balls more than 407 times. And - despite a heart-stopping wobble a little over a minute into the attempt - that's precisely what he did.

The record, which he first set in 2007, now stands at two minutes 13 seconds and 438 consecutive catches.

Zdenek, aged 20, from Prague in the Czech Republic but currently living on the Manor, was naturally delighted - even if his head was as red as Barnsley football shirt .

"That was tough," he said. "I ache a bit and feel very dizzy."

Zdenek, who is studying English at Sheffield College, was supported by a host of friends and his big sister Markita, 22, who is a Sheffield Hallam University tourism student.

Now Zdenek, who also holds the world record for holding most chicken eggs in one hand - 20 - is currently in training for his next world record for endurance underwater juggling.

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