Pakistani martial artist Irfan Mehsood has achieved another feat by breaking the Guinness World Record for the most knuckle push-ups carrying a 100lb pack in one minute.
Irfan informed the previous record was held by Spain’s Alejandro Soler Tari who did 41 in a minute. “I did 53 knuckle push-ups carrying a 100lb pack in one minute. I’m the only record holder in the world to have 24 Guinness World Records in the push-ups category,” he mentioned.
He said he has so far broken 46 Guinness World Records. “I have has so far broken the records of nine countries including India, USA, UK, Philippines, Iraq, Egypt, France, Italy and Spain,” he said.
33 years old, Mehsud belongs to South Waziristan is one of the top Martial Artist of Pakistan who had bagged world records of 35 pushups on two fingers in a minute, 18 pushups with 100 pounds weight in a minute, 40 pushups on one leg in a minutes and 40 more.
Mehsud obtained Master’s degree in sports sciences and runs a Martial Arts academy in Dera Ismaeel Khan which is far-flung district of Pakistan in the south of province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said Pakistan is the land of talent where I had had trained more than 500 students during the past few years who won 10 Guinness World records for Pakistan.
Highlighting the lack of facilities in sports, he urged the Federal Government to spare sizeable amount for Martial Arts in “Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive” which was the flagship program of incumbent Government for the revival of sports in Pakistan.
“We can win many more international awards and break Guinness World records if Government provides us indoor space where I and my student can prepare ourselves for new challenges” he added.
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