Tallest man in the world got married

时间：2007-03-29 01:37:11

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Bao Xishun is 2.36 m tall, and was entered the Guinness Books of Records as the naturally-grown tallest man in the world in 2005.
 
Chinaenws, Hohhot, March 28 - Bao Xishun, the naturally-grown tallest man in the world, finally registered for marriage in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia with Xia Shujuan, his girlfriend, on March 26, 2007.

 

Bao was born in Inner Mongolia in 1951. Currently, he is 2.36 m tall, and was entered the Guinness Books of Records as the naturally-grown tallest man in the world in 2005. However, he had been too tall to find a marriage partner.

 

In the 1970s, Bao used to be a basketball player of the Shenyang Military Area Command. Being very tall, Bao has to order clothes of extra large size, and the rooms in his house all have 5.7-m clearance1 above the floor. Of course his bed is special, too, about 2.6 m long.

 

Xia, now his wife, is only 28 years old and 1.68 m tall. She works in a shopping mall in Chifeng.

 

They met on last February 24, and fell in love at first sight.

 

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  • There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
  • The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

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