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32 spinners set record with a 34-hour class in Ghent

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Thirty-two participants completed a 34-hour uninterrupted spinning session at the Wintercircus in Ghent.
  • Organizer Enzo Maenhaut said the effort was difficult between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., but the group completed it.
  • The event did not seek official Guinness recognition because the organizers preferred to donate the required fee to Kom op tegen Kanker.

Thirty-two people stayed on spinning bikes for 34 hours at the Wintercircus in Ghent, completing an attempt to hold the longest spinning class.

But our record attempt has succeeded. We cycled continuously for 34 hours.

· Enzo MaenhautThe organizer announced that the participants had completed the endurance challenge.

The 43 participants began at 6 a.m. the previous day. By 4 p.m. the next day, 32 were still riding. “But our record attempt has succeeded. We cycled continuously for 34 hours,” organizer Enzo Maenhaut said.

The toughest stretch came between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m., Maenhaut said. The achievement will not become an official Guinness World Records entry, however. The organizers would have had to pay Guinness, and chose instead to give that money to charity.

The toughest part was between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. But we made it.

· Enzo MaenhautHe described the most difficult period of the 34-hour session.

The event raised funds for Kom op tegen Kanker. “Almost everyone knows someone who has been confronted with cancer. That is why we wanted to link this challenge to Kom op tegen Kanker,” Maenhaut said.

Almost everyone knows someone who has been confronted with cancer. That is why we wanted to link this challenge to Kom op tegen Kanker.

· Enzo MaenhautHe explained why the organizers connected the fundraiser to the cancer charity.
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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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