Japanese kids break skipping world record with perfect form and incredible speed

Students from a school in Japan have broken a Guinness World Record for skipping.

The 14 students from the Fuji Municipal Harada Elementary School in Fuji broke the record for the most skips over a single rope in one minute by a team.

In a mesmerising video of the challenge, 12 students jumped through the rope in perfect synchronisation while two students spun the rope.

The students skipped 225 times in the minute, breaking the previous record set by students at Hiromi Elementary School in Japan in 2013.

The skipping rope record is the fourth to be set in the country in the last year.