Omar Sayed Shaaban, a 21-year-old civil engineering scholar, has develop into one the world’s quickest underwater sprinters, setting a new world file for the “highest jump out of the water while wearing a monofin”.
His leap hit the unprecedented mark of 2.30 metres above the water.
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Originally from Ismailia, a mainland metropolis throughout the Suez canal, the younger athlete is already a nationwide and regional champion, having received a quantity of medals and trophies for his swimming pace, depth, and approach.
Shabaan first began swimming on the age of eight and received his first medal at 11. On November 20, 2020, he marked his most interesting achievement and entered the Guinness World Records.
“For me, it was something new and difficult to be able to go underwater for 5 metres, and to be able to jump out of the water reaching more than 2 metres high,” mentioned Shabaan, including that the problem is additional exasperated by the burden of the 6-kilogram monofin he wears.
“I faced some difficulties but thank God, I overcame them,” he mentioned.
Shabaan’s achievement is just not a minor one, says Sameh Nabil, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian and Arab Federation for Diving and Rescue, as he managed to beat some of the world’s most famous swimmers.
This is the primary time the file has been damaged in 9 years, in keeping with the Guinness World Records, with earlier titles claimed by Italian Cesare Fumarola and Stefano Figini, in addition to Egyptian Soliman Sayed at a top of 2 metres.
(With inputs from Reuters)
