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Bavaria, which is also home to Oktoberfest, the world's biggest
beer festival, Oliver Struempfel cradled 31 beer-filled tankards
stacked up in two tiers, walked 40 meters and then set them
down.
But two tipped over at the last minute, so that the record is 29
jugs, or more than 69 kg (152 lb) of beer and glass.
"I first did 27, because I wanted to be sure and then at the end
I said, 'Let's add another one and get over 30'," Struempfel
said. "Unfortunately it didn't quite work, but having managed to
put 29 down ... I think it's amazing."
To prepare for Sunday's attempt, Struempfel said, he has trained
at the gym three to four times a week since February.
"When I think about it, it's 200 hours for about 40 seconds of
walking," he said after the feat.
He had set the previous world record of 25 jugs in 2014, Munich
daily Merkur said.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Himani Sarkar;
Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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