Russian Paratrooper Sets Stratospheric Jump Record
Russian paratrooper Sergey Boytsov set a new world record by jumping from a hot air balloon at 11,551 meters in the Altai region, falling for 2.5 minutes at speeds up to 501 km/h before deploying his parachute.
Consensus
- Sergey Boytsov performed a stratospheric parachute jump from a hot air balloon.
- The jump took place in the Altai region.
- The height of the jump was 11,551 meters.
- Boytovs free-fell for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
- His maximum speed reached 501 km/h.
- He deployed his parachute at 1,565 meters above ground.
- The jump was conducted on August 22, coinciding with Russia's National Flag Day.
- The event was recognized as a new world record for this type of jump.
- The previous record was held by Polish athletes at 10,060 meters.
Points of divergence
- Konstantin Kaytanov made the first parachute jump from the stratosphere at 11 km in the Soviet era, breaking his own previous record of 9,800 meters. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The jump was conducted on August 15, with live broadcast on August 22. — fontanka
- The project was linked to the 2026 International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg and symbolized unity of science, technology, and human spirit. — vedomosti
- The entire balloon flight lasted 181 minutes. — vm
- The speed exceeded 500 km/h, according to Degtyarev. — tg_rian_ru
- Boytovs crossed himself before jumping. — tg_bazabazon
- Boytovs is from Klin. — tg_moscowmap
Coverage (9 sources)
- Calendar of Non-Moscow — Говорит НеМосква
- Two and a half minutes of fall and 500 km/h: Russian jumps from stratosphere — Фонтанка
- Sergey Boytsov set a world record by jumping from a height of more than 11 kilometers — Ведомости
- Russian Boytsov set world record by jumping from height of 11.5 kilometers — Вечерняя Москва
- Russian Sergey Boytsov set world record for jump from thermal airship from stratosphere. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Athlete Sergey Boytsov set world record for high-altitude jump from a stratospheric airship. Parachutist jumped... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russian Sergey Boytsov sets new world record for stratospheric jump from air balloon. — Baza
- Jump from 11.5 km altitude and new world record — Новости Москвы
- On Altai, world record for jump from airship was broken — Вести
Key entities
- Sergey Boycov
- Altai
- Russia
- Altai Krai
- TASS
- Mikhail Degtyarev
- Moscow
- Max
- Telegram channel
- Yekaterinburg
- Klin
- Sport Baza
- Federation of Aeromodeling Sports
- Ivan Menezhlo