Illustration - Paris

Illustration - Paris

PARIS (75) 7EME ARRDT. LE 19 SEPTEMBRE 2021, LE FUNAMBULISTE (HIGHLINER) NATHAN PAULIN REALISE UNE TRAVERSEE DE 600 METRES A 60 METRES AU-DESSUS DU SOL, SUR UNE SANGLE, ENTRE LA TOUR EIFFEL ET LE PALAIS DE CHAILLOT, AU TROCADERO. CETTE PERFORMANCE AUTANT SPORTIVE QU ARTISTIQUE (DENOMMEE LES TRACEURS) S EST FAITE DANS LE CADRE DE L OLYMPIADE CULTURELLE ET DES JOURNEES DU PATRIMOINE 2021 Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Parkour traceurs challenge 999-step course in China's Tianmen Mountain

STORY: Parkour traceurs challenge 999-step course in China's Tianmen Mountain DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of parkour competitors STORYLINE: More than 80 parkour traceurs home and abroad competed at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province in a three-day parkour competition, which concluded on Sunday. The 999-step staircase leading up to the scenic area's landmark Tianmen Cave is a famous parkour course. Competitors were required to complete a sequence of jumps and flips down a nearly 300-meter-long slope with a 150-meter vertical drop from the top of the 999-step staircase. A total of 108 obstacles were placed along the steps, putting the competitors' stamina, skills and precision under test. Chinese competitor Zhou Mianwei won the championship of individual speed run with a record time of 1'35"505. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhangjiajie, China. (XHTV)

Palestinians practice parkour over destroyed homes' rubble in Gaza to express their passion for life

STORY: Palestinians practice parkour over destroyed homes' rubble in Gaza to express their passion for life DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:04:13 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traceurs practicing parkour over rubbles 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): NAJI MUAMMAR, Rafah-based traceur 3. various of traceurs practicing parkour over rubbles 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (ARABIC): AHMED ABU AZRA, Rafah-based traceur 5. various of traceurs practicing parkour over rubbles 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (ARABIC): MOHAMMED AL-MUDALLAL, Owner of the destroyed house 7. various of traceurs practicing parkour over rubbles STORYLINE: In an attempt to express their love for life, five Palestinian youths practiced parkour over the rubble of destroyed buildings in the city of Rafah, moving among the ruins with impressive acrobatics. The five young men chose the al-Mudallal family building, targeted by Israeli warplanes on August 6, the second day of a three-day Israeli conflict with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Parkour competitors descend thrilling course in China's famed Tianmen Mountain

STORY: Parkour competitors descend thrilling course in China's famed Tianmen Mountain DATELINE: July 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the parkour competition STORYLINE: Sixty-nine Chinese traceurs competed against each others at the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province in a two-day parkour competition, which concluded on Sunday The 999-step staircase leading up to the scenic area's landmark Tianmen Cave became a parkour course for competitors, who were required to accomplish a series of specific movements while leaping down the 300m path with a vertical drop of 150 meters. According to the organizers, a total of 108 obstacles were placed along the steps, putting the competitors' stamina, skills and precisions under test. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhangjiajie, China. (XHTV)