Guinness World Records has recognised Nigeria’s
Harrison
Chinedu as the first man to travel the farthest distance while
balancing a football on his head. The Cambodia-based footballer set the
record after walking a total distance of 48.08km from the Redeemed
Christian Church of God camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to the
National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, on March 6.
An
Indian soldier Naib Singh had broken the world record for travelling the
farthest distance balancing a football on the head after walking a
total distance of 45.64km in his country in 2014.
Singh lowered
the earlier record set by Bangladesh’s Abdul Halim, who travelled 15.2
Km balancing a football on the head at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
in Dhaka on October 22, 2011, to enter the Guinness Book of World
Records.
Guinness World Records confirmed Chinedu’s as a
world record holder in a certificate sent to the Dr Rafiu Oladipo Sports
Foundation, which presented Chinedu with an opportunity to make a name
for himself and Nigeria.
An elated Chinedu, who displayed his certificate in Lagos on Thursday, said his sights are set on breaking more world records.
The President-General of the Nigeria Football Supporters’ Club Rafiu
Ladipo hailed the Imo State-born star for putting the country on the
world map.
He commended the sports minister Solomon Dalung,
Lagos, Ogun and Imo states, as well as the police, the FRSC, bet9ja and
the media for supporting the event.