Nathan Leung Shatters Jump Rope Records

0:00It's April 6th. From your city to your ears, this is Vancouver News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. 18-year-old Nathan Lung from Calgary just crushed it at the Alberta Provincial Jumperope Championships, setting a bunch of records that have... Every one buzzing. In the 32nd speed event, he nailed 100 jumps, tying the Canadian record and owning Alberta's. He also matched an Alberta mark with 203 triples, and in the 3-minute endurance, he dropped 490 jumps for a new. National record. Lung caked off jump roping at 7 in Hong Kong during school lunch breaks. His teacher spotted his talent quick, pulling him onto the school team where he repped the city young. When his family moved to Canada, he took a four-year break but jumped right back in, saying the sports creativity lets him invent tricks, and the community lifts everybody up. Coaches at Calgary Skip Squad are hyped. One who's been jumping 13 years says her best endurance is 395 right foot jumps, putting

1:01looms 490 in. Elite territory. Lung himself was shocked, not even feeling the breaks until he checked the scores. Now he's eyeing the national roping skipping championships in Abbotsford, British Columbia, kicking off May 15th through 18th. Coaches bet he'll qualify for the World Championships in Norway come summer 2027, even if it means fundraising for the team or going solo. Jump rops proving it's no kid stuff. Lung's rewriting the playbook and we'll see how far this rhythm takes him next.