A hugely popular Egyptian wrestler took on Saturday for an extraordinary challenge: pulling a 700 tons ship over the water with a rope that is only kept through his teeth.
“Today I came to break the world record,” said Ashraf Mahrous after the challenge at the Red Sea Resort in Egypt Hanghada.
It is not the first time that Ashraf Mahrous, also known under his nickname Kabonga, has shown amazing force. Earlier this year he started a train. He also drawn a locomotive and a truck four years ago.
With every performance his popularity has risen – children run after him on the street, where he is just known as ‘strong man’.
With the Schip-Pull, Mahrous, a 44-year-old resident of the port city of Ismalia, hopes to get another recognition from the Guinness World Records.
A triumph by the Red Sea
The scene was closed on Saturday in the coast in Hurghada. Mahrous pulled a 700 -ton ship for the first time, and to confirm his challenge, he contracted two ships with a weight of approximately 1,150 tons.
“I pulled them both, thanks to God, to prove to my friends and the whole world that God blessed me by being the strongest man in the world,” Mahrous said.
He said that the current Guinness World Record is a 614-ton ship that will take place in 2018.
Mahrous said he will send videos and photos of his attempt to evaluate Guinness World Records.
In preparation for performance, Mahrous followed a protein and iron-rich diet and consumed at least one dozen eggs, two whole chickens and 5 kilograms (11 pound) fish every day all during training for two hours, three times a day.
It was not his first skip. Six years ago he tried two hours before he succeeded in pulling a 4,000 -tonne ship in the water, tied up a rope to his shoulders, about 30 meters (Yards). The event was caught on video.
“I growled and screamed when I pulled the ship, and I spoke with it and said,” I am today or you today, “he said recently in his local gym in Cairo, where he trains daily.
Mahrous believes that speaking with the object he draws in advance helps him to establish a connection and the key is to his success. “It is important for me to treat the object that I will draw as part of my body that moves with my heart rate,” he said.
An extraordinary child
Mahrous, 190 cm (6 foot 3 inches) long and with a weight of 155 kilograms (341 pounds), said his strength came to the fore early.
As a child he would wear his friends for fun and drag heavy loads, various gas cylinders at the same time, on a wheelbarrow. He was 9 when his father lost his job as a contractor in Iraq, and then Mahrous began to knock on doors and offered to lift heavy items for some money.
Once he accidentally broke a friend’s arm when he tried to pull him while playing. He helped people helped bricks, sandbags and other heavy materials – and he was fast. He loved sports and trained in Kung Fu, kickboxing and even founded a wrestling team in Cairo.
It was only when his friends easily saw him turning around 10 times in a row in their gym and pushed a car with only a finger that encouraged them to go a world record.
“I was inspired by people who broke records and had the feeling that they are no better than me,” he said. Now he is less afraid of injuries and more concerned about not achieving an attraction.
Recognitions from the past
In March he was formally recognized by Guinness World Records for the heaviest rail trek: he attracted a train with a weight of 279 tons with a rope held by his teeth for a distance of almost 10 meters (33 feet). At the time, he received two other certificates, for the heaviest locomotive trek and for the fastest 100-meter road skier of the road.
Mahrous, who is also president of the Egyptian Federation for Professional Wresters, was previously recognized by Guinness in June 2021 to attract a truck of 15,730 kilograms with his teeth. And in February 2024 the international franchise recognized him for cracking and eating 11 raw eggs in 30 seconds.
He wears mouth training while attracting events, but says he is not worried about his teeth. Instead of going to a dentist, he uses a Miswak-a traditional tooth cleaning branch rich in antibacterial compounds that help prevent decline.
He says he doesn’t take supplements, but eats, sleeps and works out at least twice a day.
His ambitions are not nearly over yet. Subsequently, he plans to send a request to Egyptian presidency for permission to attract a submarine of 263,000 tons.
He also hopes to pull a plane with only his eyelids muscles one day.
#Wrestler #pulls #tons #ship #water #teeth