Listening test

List of headings 
 
i. A Collection of Records 
ii. 
Without a Single Break 
iii. 
Hooping Back In Fashion 
iv. 
Hooping Appeals to Both Genders Alike 
v. Fun, Fitness or Treatment? 
vi. 
The Hula Hoop Goes Global 
vii. Spinning Multiple Hoops 
viii. 
Hooping and Running at the Same Time 

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These use special weighted hoops to suit individual needs, including ‘collapsible’ ones 
designed for easy storage. 
C. The hula hoop is associated with many different world records. In 1960, a group of 
American 11 year olds established a record for the longest ‘non-stop’ spinning session, 
lasting precisely 11 hours and 34 minutes. In 1976, an even younger contestant won an 
uninterrupted 10 hour 47 minutes contest at just eight years old. The present-day 
record holder, Bric Sorenson, was able to keep his hula hoop spinning from April 2 to 
April 6, 1987, accumulating an incredible 90 non-stop hours. 
D. Another record is for 132 hoops spun by an individual at once. This record was 
established by Paul Blair on November 11, 2009, earning him the nickname “Dizzy Hips.” 
This act involves participants holding all the hula hoops without any help from anyone 
else and spinning them between the shoulders and hips. As soon as the hoops have 
started to rotate competitors cannot touch them again with their hands. If they do, their 
record attempt fails. 
E. In another record event, the contestant runs while simultaneously spinning. A ribbon 
tied around the hoop allows the judges to check if it is still revolving. The hoop must be 
rotating before crossing the starting line. If it ceases to spin, then contestants must stop 
and start it again. This is the only time that they can touch the hoop with their hands. 
The current female holder for this record is Australian Boo Crystal Chan, who completed 
10 Km in one hour, 27 minutes and 25 seconds on March 12th 2009. The male 
champion, Paul “Dizzy Hips” Blair, was 20 minutes and 50 seconds faster than Boo. 
F. In 2005, an American man, Ashrita Furman, successfully spun the world’s largest hula 
hoop at 13.88 metres in diameter. While the heaviest recorded was actually a tractor 
tyre which weighed 53 pounds! This monster was spun for a total of 71 seconds in 
Austria, 2000, by Roman Schedler. And in Chung Cheng sport arena, Taiwan, on October 
28, 2,496 people managed to spin their hula hoops at the same time for over three 
minutes without dropping one, making it the world record for mass simultaneous hula 
hooping. 

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