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61-year-old woman holds plank for 5 hours in quest for new world record

NPR | By Vincent Acovino,

William Troop, Jeffrey Pierre

Published October 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM CDT

DonnaJean Wilde held a plank for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games earlier this month in Utah. It could be a new world record for longest plank held by a woman. But why does she do it?

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