On July 27th, 2002, the Commonwealth Games was held in Manchester City Stadium, England. Suddenly, a burly middle-aged naked man rushed to the runway, and there was a commotion in the stands, but the "light pig and strong man" on the runway laughed hysterically and seemed complacent about his "conspiracy" ...
For this middle-aged man, most media briefly used the term "male streaker" afterwards. However, people may find that this person looks familiar. In fact, just 20 days ago, this man also staged a good show of streaking in the Wimbledon men's singles final. Who is this man? According to Guinness World Records, this man is the world's first "prolific" streaker-Mark Roberts.
Roberts1964 65438+February 12 was born in Liverpool. Interestingly, his first streaking was actually done in front of China people. It was 1993 on the Seven-Country Rugby Tour held at the Hong Kong Stadium. He and another British girl rushed into the stadium naked, and then staged a comedy with the police about "officers and men catching robbers." The Hong Kong audience, who had never seen such a scene before, was boiling and all stood up and cheered. Finally, a British policeman caught Roberts: "I'm sorry, man, but I have to cover you." More interestingly, after the police ordered them to get dressed and leave the stadium, a local reporter caught Roberts outside the stadium and told him that no one in the world streaked twice in the same game. If he does this, he will definitely enter the Guinness Book of World Records. So, an hour later, Roberts rushed into the stadium naked again. -It really entered the Guinness Book of World Records. However, after learning that the reporter paid Roberts 15000, the Guinness Editorial Board cancelled his record! Of course, these are all stories.
After that day, Mark Roberts claimed to find "self" from it and never closed it again. Only two days later, he streaked again. The background is South China's Hong Kong League. At that time, there were about 25,000 spectators, almost all of them from China. When a China guard tried to stop Roberts, he shouted in Cantonese that he didn't understand, "Have you seen my cat?" ! "Taking advantage of his opponent's surprise, he slipped past and rushed into the stadium.
However, after this time, the police showed no mercy, and Roberts was taken back to the police station, leaving a criminal record and pressing his fingerprints. Soon after, like most British people in Hong Kong at that time, he left Hong Kong. After returning to Britain, Roberts became more "diligent" because the social atmosphere was more tolerant and he didn't have to worry about the police looking for trouble. He has accumulated a winning streak of more than 150. According to his own account, these streaking behaviors are half nonsense and half for charity. Take streaking in the 1994 derby between Liverpool and Everton as an example, so he won 200 pounds for a local children's hospital.
Although the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Roberts' streaking record, they did not print it in the book on the grounds that "such behavior is not encouraged". However, Roberts was not hit by this. He is still looking for his own happiness in streaking. The slogans he wrote on his body when streaking, such as "Only this ball can jump" (used when playing Kunikova) and "19 hole" (used in the British Open the year before last), fully reflected his sense of humor. A hockey website even designed a "virtual streaker" based on him.
At present, what Roberts wants most is that someone can sponsor his streaking behavior, so he even expressed his willingness to paint the sponsor's trademark on his body. What kind of sponsorship does he want most? You may not believe it-a pair of running shoes. Roberts even came up with the name of such a pair of shoes for shoemakers-"streaking running shoes".