World's tallest man on world's biggest bicycle

(24 Mar 2008)
1. Wide of Podolyantsu village road
2. Mid of car driving down road
3. Wide of world's tallest man, Leonid Stadnyk on the world's biggest bicycle
4. Mid of Stadnyk on bike
5. Pan up of Stadnyk on bike
6. Close up of Stadnyk's mother
7. Various of Stadnyk on body-building machine
8. Stadnyk and engineer of body-building machine, Aleksander Barshulyak
9. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Aleksander Barshulyak, engineer of the machine:
"The aim of this machine is to train leg muscles and the strength of the joints. This machine is unique and made only for men with this height. It is very functional and compact, 1.8 metres by 1.2 metres."
10. Wide of Stadnyk entering house
11. Stadnyk inside the house
12. Stadnyk speaking on mobile phone
13. Various of Stadnyk at the computer
14. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Leonid Stadnyk, World's tallest man:
"I have problems with my weight and my legs tire often. I think this is normal for me, but I'm working on this. I train myself. And this body-building machine that was presented to me will help me fight my aches."
15. Mid of Stadnyk walking through doorway and exiting house
16. Close up of Stadnyk and Barshulyak shaking hands
17. Wide of Stadnyk and Barshulyak
STORYLINE:
The world's tallest man, Leonid Stadnyk, has been forced to crouch around his house, left without a job and confined to his impoverished village that does not even have heating gas.
But being the world's tallest man, and the problems that come with the extra height, has won him many sympathisers.
People from Ukraine and all over world have sent him clothes, equipped his home with running water and most recently presented him with a giant bicycle.
Last year, Stadnik beat a Chinese man to the title of the world's tallest person. Stadnik was measured at 2.57 meters tall (8 feet 5 inches) in 2006.
Stadnyk's growth spurt started at age 14 after a brain operation apparently stimulated the overproduction of the growth hormone. Doctors say that he keeps growing.
To keep his height and weight in check, a Russian engineer has developed a body building machine which suits tall people.
Aleksander Barshulyak, told the Associated Press, "the aim of this machine is to train leg muscles and the strength of the joints."
Stadnyk, said,"I have problems with my weight and my legs tire often. I think this is normal for me, but I'm working on this. I train myself. And this body-building machine that was presented to me will help me fight my aches."
While he may appear intimidating and menacing due to his size, he is nothing like that. With a broad grin and a childlike laughter, Stadnyk comes across as a young boy trapped inside a giant's body. He even keeps stuffed toys on his pillow.
Stadnyk's title has brought him worldwide fame and constant media attention, being the world's tallest person is not easy.
All the doorways in his one-story brick house are too short for him and Stadnik has to bend down every time he enters or leaves the room. His weight of 200 kilograms (440 pounds) causes constant knee pain and he often has to move on crutches.
Stadnyk, a lover of all living creatures and nature, had to quit his job as a veterinarian at a cattle farm in a nearby village, after suffering frostbite from walking there in his socks in winter.
He couldn't afford ordering specially made shoes for his 43-centimetre (17-inch) feet.
But Stadnyk's plight eventually helped broaden his horizons, earned him friends all over the world and taught him not to despair.
A German man who said he was his distant relative invited him for a visit several years ago.
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[@harrisonscheidt8787]

Fun Fact: He was 7’9 at 14 years old

[@josswindsor8288]

His height was 257cms checked but he didn,t want be measured so Record Guinnes not recognized his Record tallest man in the world

[@MadhuSingh-qd5ww]

He was 8 feet 6 inches

[@carterhicks83]

No he wasn’t

[@AloraBernadotte]

​@@carterhicks83 Yeah, he was 8 foot 4 inches

[@icmexico7472]

he was 7' 10" (2.39 m.) no more.

[@hairybuttsniff]

Yeah thats reasonable, this man was not 8'5" at least not in this video he was not

[@normenopo82X]

@@hairybuttsniff 251 cm

[@ibiluxx2413]

He was maybe 8 feet tall (2.44m) at least.

[@ibiluxx2413]

He was probably even only 2.00m

[@normenopo82X]

@@ibiluxx2413 or
253 cm 2.53 m

[@Jessica-el3dc]

I would like a ant to him. I am 4 11!