Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Wow, 1111 sit-ups! I barely can do 20! 🙂 Anyway I hope their progress are monitored by experts so that won’t damage their health in the long run.
Two sisters put up a performance which belied their age to earn a place in the Malaysia Book of Records.
Watched by an enthralled audience at the MIC headquarters, eight-year-old Logassree Thanabalasingam lifted 21kg in weights using her two little fingers while her four-year-old sister Thurgashree did 1,111 sit-ups in 32 minutes.
Logassree was adjudged the youngest person to have lifted 21kg using two little fingers and Thurgashree for the most sit-ups by a child in Malaysia.
Thurgashree completing her sit-up feat while Logassree (pic below) wows the crowd with her weightlifting at the MIC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Their father, Thanabalasingam Maniam, a part-time health trainer, said his daughters had trained for over six months and were on a protein-rich diet as part of their preparation.
Thanabalasingam claimed he did his own research on the training programme and consulted his family doctor regularly to make sure they were on the right track.
Both girls not only went through physical training but also endurance and mental training.
Thanabalasingam said MIC Youth chief T. Mohan had suggested that the 1Malaysia concept be incorporated into the effort.
“We worked with MIC and Mohan suggested that Logassree lift the weights using a little finger to show the 1Malaysia concept,” he added.
Thanabalasingam said that initially they wanted Thurgashree to do 1,000 sit-ups without stopping but decided on 1,111 as an acknowledgement to 1Malaysia.
The feats were witnessed by Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.
Subramaniam said parents should encourage their children to participate in sports.
“If children start at an early age, they would be able to showcase their talent not only locally but also internationally,” he said.
Yeoh Kin Teik, 15, who lifted dumbells weighing 5kg with outstretched arms for about five minutes, provided a sideshow to the sisters’ efforts.
from The Star
