Bottom-placed St Mirren may have failed to hit the heights in the Ladbrokes Premiership this season, but striker Duckens Nazon was more than up for trying to land some success on Thursday.
The 6ft-plus Haitian international sprung to it in a bid to beat Cristiano Ronaldo’s mammoth leap of 2.6metres and earn the world record for the highest header in football.
Nazon’s attempt took place at Soar at intu Braehead, which showcases a number of world record bids.
And although Duckens didn’t quite hit the heights of the Juventus superstar, he had a real good go.
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As Duckens looked up at the mark showing how high Ronaldo had jumped to head the ball, he said: “That’s amazing. It really was some leap into the air.
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“Ronaldo is a fantastic player, both with the ball at his feet and jumping up to header it, and he’s got this great knack of timing his jump perfectly and hanging in the air, waiting to head the ball.
“Obviously, as a striker, I do a lot of heading practice from cross balls in training.”
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