Two Red Bull athletes have broken two Guinness World Records after becoming the first humans to be catapulted out of Europe's tallest chimney.

Dani Roman and Fred Fugen were shot out of a 60m catapult - the world's largest - reaching an incredible 456.7m above ground level.

The launch achieved two Guinness World Record titles, the greatest height by human catapult (100.36m) and greatest combined height by human catapult (151.72m).

The catapult, located in Trbovlje, Slovenia, launched Mr Roman and Mr Fugen from zero to 180kph in 2.15 seconds.

Speaking after the record-breaking event, Mr Fugen told Red Bull that what had happened was "crazy".

He said: "With a catapult of this scale, we’re going into something quite unknown, and we have to rely on all of our experience to handle the jump after a launch that is so unique and extreme. It’s something you cannot train for, but we fully trust DD Squad.

"I've been trying in my career to always try to push the limits of the sport and try new things in B.A.S.E. jumping and skydiving, and in aerial sports in general. And definitely this is what happened today."

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