古巴人坐顛"普天同慶"球創紀錄

Cuban Erick Hernandez on Thursday said he had set a world record for juggling the Jabulani World Cup ball, while sitting down.

Hernandez told reporters he had juggled the Jabulani -- which some World Cup stars criticised for its lightness and unpredictable trajectories -- for three hours, three minutes and 14 seconds at a Havana hotel.

"I came in a bit tired as I have been doing exhibitions during the World Cup," said the 43-year-old, nicknamed 'The Dominator'.

Hernandez, a self-confessed Brazil fan, described the ball as "having a good bounce" and "very lively".

He already holds a Guinness World record for heading the ball 319 times in just one minute and he even kicked a ball to the finish line in a marathon, completing the 42 kilometres in 7hr 17min.

The ball skills run in the family as brother Douglas managed an impressive -- and surely exhausting -- 100,026 touches in a 15-hour session in 1997.

Now Erick says he wants to try a 24-hour session.

古巴人埃裏克•赫爾南德茲於上週四稱，日前他創下了一項坐顛世界盃用球“普天同慶”的世界記錄。

赫爾南德茲告訴記者說，他在哈瓦那的一家旅館連續顛球3小時3分鐘14秒。世界盃的一些參賽球員抱怨本屆世界盃用球“普天同慶”太輕，飛行軌跡難以捉摸。

人稱“主宰者”的43歲的赫爾南德茲說：“我在世界盃期間一直做表演，感覺有點累。”

自稱巴西隊球迷的赫爾南德茲稱“普天同慶”“彈性很好”，“很輕盈”。

他曾在一分鐘內用頭顛球319次，創下吉尼斯世界紀錄。他甚至在一次馬拉松比賽中踢着球跑完42公里的賽程，用時7小時17分。

赫爾南德茲的家族中不乏玩球高手，1997年，他的兄弟道格拉斯在15個小時內連續顛球100026次，令人驚歎，當然也非常累人。

而埃裏克則表示，他想向24小時發起挑戰。

Vocabulary:

juggle:to throw a set of three or more objects such as balls into the air and catch and throw them again quickly, one at a time 玩雜耍（連續向空中拋接多個物體）

trajectory: the curved path of something that has been fired, hit or thrown into the air （射體在空中的）軌道，彈道，軌跡，流軌

run in the family: to be a common feature in a particular family 爲一家人所共有；世代相傳