A 103-year-old Swedish woman set the world record for the oldest person to do a tandem (two-person) parachute jump. After doing it, she said she planned to celebrate "with a little cake".
"It was wonderful to do this. I've been thinking about it for a long time," Rut Larsson said. "It all went as planned."
With her family and friends all waiting on the airfield below, Larsson did her jump harnessed to parachutist Joackim Johansson in Motala, a town near Stockholm.
The pair sailed down to the ground smoothly. Helpers rushed to Larsson's side with her walker to help her get up.
Asked what she saw and felt as she came down, Larsson replied: "Nowadays I don't see so well, but it felt good".
"I like that you slowly glide down from above. I think it feels nice."
An official from the Guinness Book of World Records was there to record the jump.
Larsson is 103 years and 259 days old. She beat the previous record, which was held by a person 103 years and 181 days old!
