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Sensational 65kph water slide opens

One of the most spectacular water slides in the world has been set up at a Tyrolean pool.

The "L2 Wildsau" (L2 Raging Pig) chute – now open at the Wasserwelt outdoor swimming pool in Wörgl – features a trapdoor start sending those daring to use it down 14 metres before catapulting them up into two looping slides at speeds up to 65 kilometres per hour.

Courageous bathers are offered DVDs showing their courageous rides as several cameras are set up all along the inside of the slide.

Swimmers need to be older than 14 and weigh between 45 and 130 kilograms to go for a ride on the "L2" slide.

Wörgl Wasserwelten managers expect record visitor figures over the next few days thanks to the new attraction as Austria is sweltering in a heatwave with top temperatures of 37 degrees centigrade.

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