Pakistani breaks rowing world record

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Zubair broke the world record of individual longest continual rowing in Pakistan when he rowed 10 hours straight at a private fitness club on Saturday.

Under the supervision of both international and national rowing umpires from Pakistan Rowing Federation, the 31-year-old Mohammad Zubair broke the previous record of 7 hours 11 minutes and 22 seconds held by an Australian on the Concept II indoor rowing machine.

By the time Mohammad Zubair broke the record he had rowed 72 kilometers. That was equal to 13 laps of the Rawal Lake or rowing from Islamabad to as far as Mansehra.

Mohammad Zubair, a Marketing Executive in Smarts, a private health and fitness gym in Islamabad, was the first Pakistani to take on such a challenge. He started rowing at 10 am on Saturday morning and continued till 9 pm in the night setting a new world record of 10 hours.

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/pakistani-breaks-world-record-in-indoor-rowing.html

Mohammad Zubair started rowing at 10 am on Saturday morning and continued till 9 pm in the night

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