Watch: Competitors walk slackline 400m above Chinese gorge
Watch: Competitors walk slackline 400m above Chinese gorge
Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article appears mostly accurate based on the provided sources. The key claim about the slackline walk is supported by multiple BBC sources. There is no discernible bias in the reporting.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
- Verification Source #2: Confirms that participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The competition took place in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.
- Verification Source #2: States that the eighth edition of the competition took place in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Verification Source #1: The title and snippet imply the slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Verification Source #2: The title implies the slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Verification Source #3: The title implies the slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Verification Source #4: The title implies the slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Verification Source #5: The title implies the slackline was 400m above a Chinese gorge.
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.
- Source 2: The eighth edition of the competition in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park saw participants walk between two peaks more a kilometre apart on a ...