Gwalior children demonstrate daring feat by skating beneath burning bars

By Ashok Pal

Gwalior, Apr 15 : Children demonstrated a daring feat by skating beneath 15 burning bars placed at a height of eight inches in Gwalior captivating the onlookers.

The talented kids proved their caliber as impeccable limbo skaters leaving the audience enthralled.

Falling in the age group of five to seven years, these children whizzed beneath burning bars on their roller skates like experts.

Skating under the burning bars, these children did not show any sign of fear while performing the daring stunts and expressed their wish to represent India in international competitions.

"I am learning skating from past two years. I want to play for my country and win medals and become a champion," said Vanita Sharma, limbo skater.

Alok Tripathi under whose guidance children have executed the acts said he tried to bring the best out of them through this unique act.

"Skating is an adventurous sport and in order to make it more challenging, we have introduced this act looking at the talent of the kids. Every child can do skating, but through this act, we have tried to bring out the hidden talent in them," said Alok. The breath taking stunts by the children left everyone awestruck as they continued cheering the kids during the act.

Safety measures were taken to prevent any untoward incident during the event.

Children who have performed limbo skating at various places now aim to register their name in the Limca Book of World records.

ANI