{"id":522267,"date":"2026-08-23T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522267"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:28:49","slug":"russian-skydiver-sets-world-record-with-11551-meter-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/russian-skydiver-sets-world-record-with-11551-meter-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian skydiver sets world record with 11,551-meter jump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian skydiver <strong>Sergey Boytsov<\/strong> reportedly set a world record after jumping from a hot-air balloon at an altitude of <strong>11,551 meters<\/strong> over Russia\u2019s Altai region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the jump, he reached an estimated free-fall speed of <strong>500 km\/h<\/strong>, while temperatures at that altitude were around <strong>-59\u00b0C<\/strong>. His parachute opened at approximately <strong>1,565 meters<\/strong>, and he landed safely after a total flight time of <strong>7 minutes and 19 seconds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The previous record in this category was reportedly <strong>10,060 meters<\/strong>, set by Polish athletes. The balloon\u2019s ascent also established a new altitude record for a hot-air balloon, surpassing the <strong>10,678-meter<\/strong> mark recorded in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian skydiver Sergey Boytsov reportedly set a world record after jumping from a hot-air balloon at an altitude of 11,551 meters over Russia\u2019s Altai region. During the jump, he reached an estimated free-fall speed of 500 km\/h, while temperatures at that altitude were around -59\u00b0C. His parachute opened at approximately 1,565 meters, and he landed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bRF","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4852.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4852.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}