GUTSY ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD RECORD

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

GUTSY ATTEMPT TO BREAK WORLD RECORD

USJ5 YOUTH'S FIRST ATTEMPT FOILED BY STRONG WIND AND BAD WEATHER.
SECOND ATTEMPT A FEW DAYS LATER BAGS HIM THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
LOW YEE MING bagged the Guinness World Record for the greatest distance travelled balancing a football on the head on August 21 with a whopping 11.129km.
He broke the existing 12-day-old world record set by Abraham Munoz on 9 August 2009 which stood at 4,444 m (14,580 ft).
Sheer determination got him what he set out to do during his second attempt which started at 7am at the Subang Jaya Municipal Council track in USJ5.
During his first attempt a few days earlier his one year effort to prepare for the feat was foiled by strong wind and rain which loomed above the MPSJ track.
On his first try, just over an hour into the attempt and having covered 3.42km, Yee Ming appeared in trouble. Rain was almost over the field and wind speed picked up.
He was seen trying his very best to keep the football balanced but to his dismay, the football got swept off his forehead by the wind.
Almost in tears, Yee Ming who hails from USJ5 said, "I will attempt a higher record. I was nervous attempting the record in front of so many people."
"I will definitely attempt to break the record again. I have been training for this day for more than a year," he said to reporters after the failed attempt.
After graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University Football Academy in partnership with Newcastle Under Lyme College with a Diploma of Sports Science returning home, Yee Ming returned home to attempt the feat.
A former student of SJKC Lick Hung and Sri KDU secondary school he left for UK and spent £11,000 in this football academy which gives the opportunity to play football professionally while gaining recognized academic qualifications to enter university.
Yee Ming's father, Sam Low said his son was helpless against the wind.
"He couldn't do anything about the wind. It's something for us to learn and do better."
"Whether he does it today or tomorrow, it will be the same," he said.
Yee Ming also made his mark in the Malaysian Book of Records for his effort.