FITNESS and fashion often go together - but usually it's a trendy set of sneakers or some lycra workout gear.
However, a Spanish serial record-breaker has added a new dimension this week by running 100 metres in under 13 seconds - wearing a pair of stilettos.
34 year-old Christian Roberto Lopez Rodriguez wore 2.76-inch (7cm) high heels to undertake the stunt, breaking the record held by Germany's Andre Ortolf who set a 14.02 second 100m time in 2019, according to Guinness World Records.
Strict requirements for the record stipulate a minimum 7cm heel and a maximum width of 1.5cm at the tip, meaning platform shoes are not allowed.
The new record-holder said, "the preparation was very exhaustive and specific...I find it very challenging to be able to run in high heels at high speed".
Rodriguez said he had made the attempt to prove that people with Type 1 diabetes such as himself "can do as much or more things than people without diabetes".
He holds a number of other 100m records for being the fastest to run the distance blindfolded (12.45s), in clogs (12.58s), backwards (13.17s) and hopping backwards (24.7s).
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