It’s
been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes.
But even the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with
some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.
Among
the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike
Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican
hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.
It’s not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.
It’s not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft |
The
57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries
for the world’s heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest,
as well as the tallest ever dog.
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in |
Being
published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous
new extremes relating to the human body.
These
include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany,
who is named the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for
having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps and triceps – with a circumference of
25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran
Alexander,
who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest
sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has
arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe’s spear-like hairdo peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel |
Other records in the 57th edition of
the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created by students and
teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to
its highest part.
The City Montessori School in
Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437
pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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