Egyptian wrestler pulls 700-ton ship with his teeth

With thing but grit, musculus and an robust jaw, a hugely celebrated Egyptian wrestler geared up for an bonzer situation yesterday: pulling a 700-ton vessel crossed nan h2o pinch a statement held only by his teeth.

“Today, I person travel to break nan world record,” Ashraf Mahrous said successful an question and reply successful Egypt’s Red Sea edifice of Hurghada aft nan challenge.

It was nary easy task but Ashraf Mahrous, besides known by his nickname Kabonga, has dazzled earlier pinch his astonishing strength. Earlier this year, he pulled a train. He has besides singlehandedly pulled a locomotive and 4 years ago, a truck.

With each achievement, his fame has soared — children tally aft him successful nan streets, wherever he's known simply arsenic “strong man.”

With nan vessel pull, Mahrous, a 44-year-old autochthonal of nan larboard metropolis of Ismalia, hopes to get yet different nickname from nan Guinness World Records.

The segment was group astatine nan statement successful Hurghada. Mahrous first pulled a 700-ton ship, and to affirm his situation he pulled 2 ships weighing astir 1150 tons together.

“I pulled them both, acknowledgment to God, to beryllium to my friends and nan full world that God blessed maine by being nan strongest man successful nan world,” Mahrous said.

He said nan existent Guinness World Record is simply a 614-ton vessel group successful 2018.

Mahrous said he will nonstop videos and photos of his effort to Guinness World Records to beryllium evaluated.

In mentation for nan feat, Mahrous followed a protein- and iron-rich diet, consuming astatine slightest a twelve eggs, 2 full chickens, and 5 kilograms of food each time — each while training for 2 hours, 3 times a day.

It wasn't his first vessel pull. Six years ago, he tried for 2 hours earlier he managed to propulsion a 4000-ton vessel successful nan water, a statement strapped to his shoulders, for astir 30 metres. The arena was caught connected video.

″I grunted and yelled arsenic I pulled nan ship, and I said to it, saying ‘It’s either maine aliases you today,’" he told The Associated Press precocious astatine his section gym successful Cairo, wherever he trains daily.

Mahrous believes that speaking pinch nan entity he pulls beforehand helps him found a relationship and is cardinal to his success. “It’s important for maine to dainty nan entity that I will propulsion arsenic portion of my assemblage that moves on pinch my bosom beat,” he said.

Mahrous, 190 centimetres gangly and weighing 155 kilograms, said his spot emerged early.

As a child, he would transportation his friends for nosy and haul dense loads, respective state cylinders astatine erstwhile connected a wheelbarrow. He was 9 erstwhile his begetter mislaid his occupation arsenic a contractor successful Iraq and aft that, Mahrous began knocking connected doors, offering to assistance dense items for immoderate cash.

Once, he accidentally collapsed a friend’s limb erstwhile he tried to propulsion him arsenic they played. He helped group move bricks, sandbags and different dense materials — and he was fast. He loved sports and trained successful kung fu, kickboxing and moreover established a wrestling squad successful Cairo.

It was only erstwhile his friends saw him easy flip elephantine tires 10 times successful a statement successful a deserted courtyard astatine their gym and push a car utilizing only a digit that they encouraged him to spell for a world record.

“I was inspired by group who collapsed records and felt for illustration they are nary amended than me,” he said. Now he's little fearful of injuries and much concerned astir failing to execute a pull.

In March, he was formally recognised by Guinness World Records for nan heaviest obstruction pull: He pulled a train weighing 279 tons pinch a statement held by his teeth for a region of astir 10 metres. At nan time, he received 2 different certificates, for nan heaviest locomotive propulsion and for nan fastest 100-metre roadworthy conveyance pull.

Mahrous, who is besides president of nan Egyptian Federation for Professional Wrestlers, was antecedently recognised by Guinness successful June 2021, for pulling a 15,730-kilogram motortruck pinch his teeth. And successful February 2024, nan world franchise recognised him for cracking and eating 11 earthy eggs successful 30 seconds.

He wears a mouthguard during pulling events but says he has nary concerns astir his teeth. Instead of going to a dentist, he uses a miswak — a accepted teeth-cleaning twig rich | successful anti-bacterial compounds that thief forestall decay.

He says he takes nary supplements but eats, sleeps and useful retired astatine slightest doubly each day.

His ambitions are acold from over. Next, he plans to nonstop a petition to nan Egyptian presidency for support to propulsion a 263,000-ton submarine.

He besides hopes someday to propulsion a level utilizing only his eyelid muscles.

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