Setting world records has long been a way for circuses to gain publicity, whether it was the Chinese State Circus balancing the most performers on a bike or the Circus of Horrors suspending the most people over the Thames in a 'human mobile'.
Cirque du Soleil took time out from its current run at the Royal Albert Hall to clock up two new entries into Guinness World of Records.
The UK's Lucie Colebeck, above left, set a new record for 36 back handsprings on a trampoline in 30 seconds.
In the show, she normally does five in a row. Doing so many continuously "felt like flying," she said.
Mongolia's Oyun-Erdene Senge beat her previous record of 21 with 24 contortion roll push-ups in 30 seconds.
What's a contortion roll push-up? First you get yourself into the position in the picture, above right, then you do push-ups!
Easy, right? Well, it is for Senge who said, "I've been doing these push-ups since I was six-years-old. It's part of my daily life."
Cirque du Soleil's show Algeria is at the Royal Albert Hall until 3 March.
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