14-Year-Old Chinese Kid Wins Tallest Teen In World

A Chinese boy who measures well over 7 feet tall is set to officially become the tallest male teenager in the world.

14-year-old Xiaoyu, from Leshan City in the southwestern province of Sichuan, measured 221cm (7.25 feet) on his birthday on October 18, according to national newspaper New.

A Red Star News journalist, who was asked to be one of the officials who confirmed the boy's height, reported that the teen was so large that he even needed to have special furniture made.

This includes a desk and chair that he can fit in so he can study.

Xiaoyu’s grandmother Wu Mei told the newspaper: "He has grown a lot taller in the past two years."

In June 2018, when the RSN reporter first came to meet the boy, he was still in the sixth grade of elementary school, measuring 206 cm (6.59 feet) tall.

At the time, the youth expressed his wish to challenge the Guinness World Record and become the world's tallest teen.