The summer Olympics event has come and gone with new world records set
and old ones broken or surpassed altogether; thanks to the hardworking
sportsmen and women from around the globe who gave us those exhilirating
moments to remeber. But even at that, 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 the
young man whose story we brought you earlier, Popeye look-alike 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.
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.
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.
See The pictures below…

Biggest
biceps: Popeye look-alike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has
spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats
lots of chicken rather than spinach – which he hates

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

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

Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft

Heaviest
female athlete: British sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander wolfed down a
high calorie diet of takeaways and fried chicken to get into the record
books at 32st