Guzara
17th September 2007, 01:39 AM
Before few weeks in the news, but I can't beleive!
'King Tooth' hauls train by his teeth
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian man nicknamed "King Tooth" has pulled a seven-coach train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth in an attempt to set a new world record for the heaviest weight pulled with teeth.
Grunting and gasping, Rathakrishnan Velu's neck muscles strained and his face contorted Thursday as he hauled the nearly 328-ton train over more than 9 feet along tracks at a railway station in Kuala Lumpur.
Dozens of onlookers clapped and chanted "Malaysia Boleh!" or "Malaysia Can" when Rathakrishnan sat down and pulled the train, holding both tracks for support and pushing his booted feet against the wooden rafters to propel himself backward.
The feat was being submitted to the Guinness Book of Records, said Rathakrishnan's manager, Anna Chidambar.
Rathakrishnan, who partially attributes his strength to an Indian form of meditation, pulled the train 9 feet, 2.2 inches in the first attempt.
His second and third attempts resulted in the train moving 2 feet, 4.7 inches, and 8 feet, 1.6 inches.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/King.tooth.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch
'King Tooth' hauls train by his teeth
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian man nicknamed "King Tooth" has pulled a seven-coach train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth in an attempt to set a new world record for the heaviest weight pulled with teeth.
Grunting and gasping, Rathakrishnan Velu's neck muscles strained and his face contorted Thursday as he hauled the nearly 328-ton train over more than 9 feet along tracks at a railway station in Kuala Lumpur.
Dozens of onlookers clapped and chanted "Malaysia Boleh!" or "Malaysia Can" when Rathakrishnan sat down and pulled the train, holding both tracks for support and pushing his booted feet against the wooden rafters to propel himself backward.
The feat was being submitted to the Guinness Book of Records, said Rathakrishnan's manager, Anna Chidambar.
Rathakrishnan, who partially attributes his strength to an Indian form of meditation, pulled the train 9 feet, 2.2 inches in the first attempt.
His second and third attempts resulted in the train moving 2 feet, 4.7 inches, and 8 feet, 1.6 inches.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/King.tooth.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch