Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, left, shakes hands with Leonid Stadnik, 36, believed to be the world's tallest man at 2.57 meters tall (8-foot-5.5) during their meeting at a hospital where Stadnik is undergoing medical tests in Ukraine's capital Kiev, in this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, file photo. Credit: AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, File