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Article: Guinness World Records(TM) Reinstates World's Tallest Living Man.
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- August 20, 2008
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Xi Shun Reclaims Title as Guinness World Records Tightens Rules
NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Guinness World Records announced today that China's Bao Xi Shun (7 feet 8.95 inches) has recaptured the record as the world's Tallest Living Man from Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk (8 feet 5.5 inch). Guidelines for the title were amended earlier this year, in order to ensure the highest level of accuracy in determining this category. All contenders to the Tallest Living Man title must now be measured in person by an official Guinness World Records adjudicator. As a result, Xi Shun, who lost the recognition last year to Stadnyk, is re-crowned in the 2009 edition ...