Strongman Kabonga Egypt Breaks The Interesting Guinness World Record Of Trains While Fasting

Ashraf Mahrous alias Kabonga pulled a 10-meter passenger train atTENance Station, Cairo Egypt on March 13. (Twitter/@Drshadyfathy)

JAKARTA - An Egyptian athlete broke a world record in pulling a 279-ton train in the center of Cairo, Egypt in a state of fasting in Ramadan last week.

Egyptian media reported that Ashraf Mahrous, also known as Kabonga, pulled locomotives and several carriages nearly 10 meters (33 ft) along the rails ofTENness Station in Cairo, in front of dozens of spectators and committees from the Guinness World Records, quoted from the Daily Sabah March 18.

Kabonga broke the previous record by pulling a 221 ton train.

Kabonga told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Friday he completed the feat on Wednesday and Thursday last week.

"On the first day, I was able to pull a two-ton train, while fasting, 107 meters in 37 seconds, breaking another record by pulling a train weighing 100 meters and exceeding the 60-second deadline," he said.

"The next day, Thursday afternoon, I pulled a train weighing 279 tons with my shoulder, while fasting, 10 meters and 66 centimeters," added Kabonga, confirming he managed to defend his previous title in the Guinness World Record when he pulled the 221 tonne train two years ago.

Kabonga, known for its athletic body shape in freestyle wrestling, is notorious for its incredible efforts to pull a large car or train.