Girl from KP breaks 1,000 bricks in just 27 minutes
ISLAMABAD, FEB 9: (DNPK) - Neelofar Shiraz, 32, hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Battagram district made history on Sunday when she broke down with her hand 1,000 bricks in just 27 minutes. Her previous record is that of 150 bricks.
This is for the first time that a female sportswoman has
achieved this number in less than half an hour.
Fit-Wit a local fitness centre had sponsored the event that
had attracted quite a good numbers of spectators including Neelofar’s family
members, her friends, coach Master Chen and the general public.
With the signal of ‘go’ from Master Chen Neelofar started
breaking the bricks ‘two by two’ as on two cement blocks two bricks were
perked.
With each strike of her right hand, the bricks came down
splitting into four and as the number raised her supporters and family members
cheered loudly to boost her morale.
With the 500th strike of her right hand, tore apart the
999th and 1000th bricks and the whole stadium echoed with thunderous applause.
It is a great moment for Pakistan, said Imtiaz Ahmed CEO of
Fit-Wit who also announced Rs50,000 for Neelofar. We have recorded the entire
event and we will send it to the Guinness Book team so that they could include
it as the world record in brick breaking category, Imtiaz further said.
No one in the world has broken 1,000 bricks in a row, he
further said.
By doing 1000 bricks in less than half an hour, Neelofar
Sherazi has set an example for the girls who are reluctant to follow their
passion and feel scared in this male-chauvinistic society. While talking to
media, she said she has not been approached by any government official,
however, she hoped her talent would be recognized at national and international
levels.
She started formal training in November 2018. Daily,
Neelofar spends around two hours to practising this art, which is less common
in Pakistan particularly among women.
Neelofar said in her childhood, she used to be a shy girl
and always cried when someone bullied her.
“Whenever in class or
playground someone intimidated me, I became so upset that I spent hours crying
and rubbing my eyes and I did this so often that it affected my eyesight.”
In order to overcome her fears of bullies, Neelofar resorted
to brick breaking, “something my family or my friends and colleagues had never
heard of before nor would have approved it had I not persisted.”
I want to make a world record of breaking eight blocks with
a single strike, she said. Currently, she is practicing five.
At a local club of Islamabad Neelofar received training from
a Martial Arts veteran Master Chen. Terming Neelofar an unusually
strong-nerved, persistent athlete, Master Chen said she was doing great by
practising daily without fail.
Though she doesn’t regularly attend training sessions at the
club, but at home she practices without fail. She has performed at various
events and won huge public applause, he further said. When she came to my
training centre she was in critical condition having had a recent eye surgery.
Brick breaking in a way gave her a new lease of life, said Master Chen.
About Pakistani women, Neelofar said they have great talent
to make their mark in the world, we only need to support and recognize their
talent.
Neelofar spends Sundays in the kitchen preparing various dishes, helping her mother. She is also a volunteer and works for social service and community development.=DNPK
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