INDONESIAN “Spiderwoman” Aries Susanti Rahayu has gone viral after smashing the speed-climbing world record.
The 24-year-old was competing at the 2019 IFSC Xiamen World Cup in China when she managed to scale a 15metre wall in 6.995 seconds.
It was the first time a woman has taken less than 7 secs to complete a speed route as Rahayu beat former world record holder YiLing Song to take the gold.
Even more incredibly, the climbing star beat Song’s time by 0.11 seconds that she had set at the IFSC World Cup in Chongqing, China in April…while injured.
Speaking after the record-setting moment, Rahayu said: “My condition is not good. You can look at my hand, my fingers.”
“Blessed to get a record. Amazing for me.”
But fans on Twitter were in awe of Rahayu’s feat, with one pointing out that at 4.78mph it is the equivalent of running 5kilometres in 38minutes.
Another said: “I identified at least 47 points at which everything would dislocate and I would fall off.”
A third added: “She’s a ninja. It’s the only explanation. Literally a ninja. She’s faster going up a vertical than I’ve ever been on flat and level ground.”
“We have now positively identified Spiderwoman in this section of the Spiderverse”, a fourth said.
Rahayu will now be eyeing Olympic glory in Tokyo next year, with speed-climbing making its bow at the event.
Her superhuman effort came just two weeks after Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a gruelling marathon in under two hours.
The 34-year-old smashed his target by 20 seconds to complete the race in 1:59:40 after missing out by just 25 seconds in his first bid two years ago.
