Extreme sports
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Doubts raised over Chinese paraglider’s claim of accidental 8,000-metre flight
Peng Yujiang says updraft took him nearly as high as Mount Everest but parts of flight video appear to be AI-g…
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Possum hunts, Antarctica and the army: one woman’s road to winning the most extreme mountain bike contest
The first woman to land a backflip in competition, Robin Goomes grew up on a remote island off New Zealand and…
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US skier Hilaree Nelson given Sherpa cremation after death in Himalayas
Friends and family fly in and Buddhist monks light pyre at funeral in Nepal of extreme skierA famed extreme sk…
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China bans extreme sports in wake of Gansu ultramarathon tragedy
Authorities crack down on sports including trail running and wingsuit flying ahead of centenary celebrationsCh…
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Twenty-one dead as extreme weather hits ultramarathon in China
Hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners at high-altitude, 100km race in Yellow River stone forest in Ga…
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‘It’s not about ego’, says speed climber who tamed world’s 14 highest peaks
Nirmal Purja says hardest part of his record-breaking feat was solving a diplomatic impasse with ChinaNirmal “…
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The Run review – ultra-marathon documentary trips up
A film charting Pat Farmer’s 4,600km dash across India piles on the platitudes, reducing an amazing odyssey to…