Man breaks speed-drinking record

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Eric Booker
Eric Booker

A man in New York won a Guinness World Record when he drank a two-litre bottle of fizzy drink in 18.45 seconds. Eric ‘Badlands’ Booker, a competitive eater who shares his speed-drinking videos on YouTube, chose bottle of sugar-free cola for his bid, pouring the bottle into a measuring cup first. He celebrated his achievement with an immense burp and added: “Yes! That's what I'm talking about!”

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.