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Space Diver added to RoC bill

The Race of Champions is set to feature its fastest ever competitor as 'Space Dive' record-breaker Felix Baumgartner has signed up to race in the 2013 event at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium.The world held its breath last year as a live YouTube audience of eight million people saw Baumgartner jump to Earth from 39km up after completing the highest ever manned balloon flight. Along the way, he set a record for the fastest ever freefall and became the first man to accelerate through the sound barrier without a vehicle.The achievement marked the end of a five-year planning process with the Red Bull Stratos team, not to mention a 25-year skydiving career for Baumgartner in which he completed...
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