Egyptian swimmer breaks a Guinness record

Egyptian swimmer Omar Sayed Shaaban, who is only 21 years old, has become the fastest underwater swimmer in the world, setting a new Guinness world record for the highest jump out of water by wearing mono fins, and his jump recorded an unprecedented record of two meters and 30 centimeters.

The young Egyptian swimmer, who is from the city of Ismailia, has previously won national and international championships and won many medals and awards.

Shaaban began swimming at the age of eight and won his first medal at the age of eleven.

On November 20, 2020, he achieved his biggest achievement by entering the Guinness Book of Records.

"My name is Omar Syed Shaban, I have 21 years of playing swimming with fins. Praise be to God, I estimated that I achieved a record in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest jump out of the water using mono fins. The previous number was 2 meters. Praise be to God. I broke the number by 2.30 meters."

He added, "For me, a new need and a difficult need. I go under the water at a depth of 5 meters, and I am trying to look over the water. The maximum height is higher than 2 meters. The previous figure was 2 meters. A difficult need for me. It needed very high explosive strength and needed frequency and speed, of course, except that the fin is this." Very heavy, weighing 6 kilos, and of course not by treating the refraction of water and the opposite of gravity. The issue was for me, I encountered some difficulties, but praise God, I was able to challenge them and I was able to achieve the number. "

Sameh Nabil El-Shazly, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Federation of Diving and Rescue, said, "The previous world record was registered in the name of a group of swimmers, including Egyptian Syed Baroque and Stephanie Virginie, and this is a world champion of swimming with fins from Italy, a very great need when Omar Shaaban smashes Stephanie's number precisely because we know that he is a legend." And a champion of swimming with fins, Omar achieves a number that exceeds 30 cm. The subject is big.

This is the first time he has broken the previous record in nine years, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

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