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Extreme inline skater Taig Khris jumped off the Eiffel Tower in Paris for setting a new free-fall world record.

Thousands of tourists and locals gathered at the French landmark over the weekend to witness the extreme rollerblader set the new world freefall record of 12.5 metres (41 feet).

The Frenchman threw himself from the bottom section of the tower dropping 10m before landing on a 30m-high ramp.

I have never had such a strong adrenaline rush, he told news agency AFP after the jump, in which he beat the 8.53-metre record set by American Danny Way.