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King Country shearer breaks wool lamb shearing world record (www.rnz.co.nz)
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King Country shearer Sacha Bond has taken out a world record by becoming the first woman to shear more than 700 sheep in a nine-hour day.

Bond smashed the current record of 661 with a total of 720 at Centre Hill in Southland on Tuesday.

Shearing a lamb every 45 seconds, she also became the first woman to shear 700 sheep in a day.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how your back is after 9 hours of shearing...

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago

There's a video of her doing the record on youtube. I can't imagine being bent over at the waist like that and shearing 700 sheep! Must feel insane to finally straigten up after that