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Time of India
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
World at her feet: UT skater spins her way into record books
1 2 3 Chandigarh: Seventeen-year-old Janvi Jindal from Chandigarh has secured a place in the Guinness World Records with five achievements in freestyle skating. The Class XII student from GMSSS Sector 16 received official confirmation and certificates from Guinness authorities earlier this month. Her records include most 360-degree spins on inline skates in 30 seconds (27 spins), fastest slalom on two wheels (8.85 seconds), most one-wheeled 360-degree spins in 30 seconds (42 spins), most such spins in one minute (72), and most consecutive one-wheeled spins (22). Janvi began skating in 2018 by watching online tutorials and practicing on footpaths and near Sec 22 showrooms, often guided by her father who picked up the techniques through YouTube. She has trained without any formal coach. Besides the Guinness titles, Janvi holds five India Book of Records titles, including youngest to perform bhangra on skates and most wheelie spins at Khardung La Pass. She has also won multiple medals in national skating championships since 2019. Describing her journey as self-driven, Janvi said, "I didn't have access to a coach, but I had a dream. I watched, practiced, failed, and practiced again. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 15 most beautiful women in the world Undo That's how I taught myself everything." Her records were set between July and Sept 2024, mostly at the Rose Garden underpass in Chandigarh. She also integrates cultural elements into her performances, such as yoga and bhangra on skates. Her achievements have earned her recognition from institutions, including the ministry of information and broadcasting.
Indian Express
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
Making five successful Guinness World Records is a special feeling: Janvi Jindal
Back in 2016, eight-year-old Janvi Jindal requested that her parents, Munish Jindal and Divya Jindal, get her a pair of roller skates, which displayed her interest in adventure activities like river rafting and rock climbing. Janvi's father taught her the basics of roller freestyle skating and inline skating after learning from YouTube and other media. In later years, she practised skating at Sector 22 market and the Rose Garden Underpass. Earlier this week, when the 17-year-old Chandigarh skater received the successful confirmation of her five Guinness World Records attempted last year at Rose Garden Underpass, she headed to the Rose Garden Underpass to celebrate with her proud parents watching. 'When I told my father to get me skates as an eight-year-old, it was only my love for adventure activities. He would learn the basics of roller freestyle skating and inline freestyle skating from YouTube and make me practice at the Sector 22 market. Initially, I would fall 40-50 times in a day, but I kept practising. Achieving five Guinness World Records is a truly special feeling for all of us. I dedicate these records to my parents,' Janvi, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School at Sector 16, told The Indian Express. The youngster attempted for the world record for most 360-degree rotations on inline skates in 30 seconds (27 spins), fastest slalom (20 cones) on inline skates on two wheels (8.85 seconds), most one-wheeled 360-degree spins in 30 seconds (42 spins), most one-wheeled 360-degree spins in one minute (72 spins) and most consecutive one-wheeled 360-degree spins and completed the first record on July 28, 2024, and other four records on September 15 last year. In 2019, she first won a medal at the national level in the 57th National Roller-Skating Championship at Visakhapatnam in 2019. Janvi won the gold in the Roller Freestyle event in the 2019 nationals and would follow that with a gold in Roller Freestyle and a bronze in Inline Freestyle at the 58th National Roller-Skating Championship in Chandigarh the following year. Janvi would then win a bronze each in Inline Freestyle in the nationals in Mohali in 2021 and Bengaluru in 2022, respectively. Last year, too, Janvi won the bronze in the Inline Freestyle event in nationals in Bengaluru. 'When I started skating, my interest was in roller freestyle as well as inline freestyle, as I did not show much interest in roller hockey and speed skating. I wanted to do more creative things in skating, which roller freestyle and inline freestyle offer. Yes, it needs practice as well as spending time on other things like yoga and gym but then showing my creativity over skates gives me a lot of satisfaction,' says Janvi, who has also been honoured by the Yoga Association of India. With inline freestyle skating being part of the Asian Games, the Chandigarh youngster does want to represent India at the international level one day and win medals for the country. 'Competing in other international competitions requires a lot of financial support, and I am keen to improve as an inline freestyle skater. I saw inline freestyle skaters competing in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games on TV, and I want to compete for India in the Asian Games one day,' she says. Nitin Sharma is an Assistant Editor with the sports team of The Indian Express. Based out of Chandigarh, Nitin works with the print sports desk while also breaking news stories for the online sports team. A Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award recipient for the year 2017 for his story 'Harmans of Moga', Nitin has also been a two-time recipient of the UNFPA-supported Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity for the years 2022 and 2023 respectively. Nitin mainly covers Olympics sports disciplines with his main interests in shooting, boxing, wrestling, athletics and much more. The last 17 years with The Indian Express has seen him unearthing stories across India from as far as Andaman and Nicobar to the North East. Nitin also covers cricket apart from women's cricket with a keen interest. Nitin has covered events like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2017 AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships. An alumnus of School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, from where he completed his Masters in Mass Communications degree, Nitin has been an avid quizzer too. A Guru Nanak Dev University Colour holder, Nitin's interest in quizzing began in the town of Talwara Township, a small town near the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border. When not reporting, Nitin's interests lie in discovering new treks in the mountains or spending time near the river Beas at his hometown. ... Read More
