2012/2/26

22-inch Nepalese man, 72,

So, will he measure up? 22-inch Nepalese man, 72, heads off to meet Guinness Book Of World Records team tomorrow... and be confirmed as planet's smallest man

By Suzannah Hills

Last updated at 2:57 PM on 25th February 2012

 

At just 22 inches tall, shorter than the length of a broadsheet newspaper, Chandra Bahadur Dangi will tomorrow be officially named the world's smallest man by Guinness World Records.

Dangi, 72, left his home in a isolated Nepalese village to fly to the capital, Kathmandu, to be measured by Guinness World Records officials tomorrow.

Guinness World Records said if his measurements are correct, he will beat the current record holder for the world's shortest man, Filipino Junrey Balawing, 18, who is 23.5 inches tall.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is set to break the record as the world's smallest man tomorrow, goes for a stroll near his home in Reemkholi village in Dang district, some 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is set to break the record as the world's smallest man tomorrow, goes for a stroll near his home in Reemkholi village in Dang district, some 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, poses with a local newspaper to show his tiny frame

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, poses with a local newspaper to show his tiny frame

He claimed the title last year from Khagendra Thapa Magar, 18, whose height is 26 inches tall.

Dangi, who wears a traditional hat and tailor-made clothing, was today looking forward to receiving the accolade after remaining out of the media spotlight all his life.

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He said: 'I feel good that I will be declared the world's shortest man.'

Dangi claims he has never taken any kind of medication or been examined by a doctor.

Home sweet home: Chandra Bahadur Dangi has to climb a ladder to get in to his home in the remote Reemkholi village in Dang district, 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu

Home sweet home: Chandra Bahadur Dangi has to climb a ladder to get in to his home in the remote Reemkholi village in Dang district, 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu

Chandra Bahadur Dangi claims to be the world's shortest man at 22 inches but it won't be official until Guinness World Record experts measure him tomorrow

Chandra Bahadur Dangi claims to be the world's shortest man at 22 inches but it won't be official until Guinness World Record experts measure him tomorrow

He admits he suffers the odd cold, but revealed he has a home remedy, saying: 'At such times I drink hot water and have tumeric power dissolved in water. The fever lasts for two to three days.

'I haven't been ill probably because my body is good.'

Dangi, the seventh sibling of a family of six brothers and two sisters, does not remember his father and his mother, who died when he was 16-years-old. His immediate older brother and family have looked after him.

Three of his five brothers were less than four feet tall, while his two sisters and two brothers are of average height.

Dangi left his tiny village for the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, to meet Guinness World Records experts tomorrow

Dangi left his tiny village for the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, to meet Guinness World Records experts tomorrow

Flying high: Chandra Bahadur Dangi prepares for landing in Kathmandu where he will find out tomorrow if he is in fact the world's smallest man

Flying high: Chandra Bahadur Dangi prepares for landing in Kathmandu where he will find out tomorrow if he is in fact the world's smallest man

Dangi only left his village, Reemkholi in Dang district, about 217 miles from Kathmandu, for the first time five years ago and this is his first visit to the Himalayan capital.

Asked why he did not stake a claim earlier to be declared the shortest man, he said his family was unaware of such a record, because they are uneducated.

Dangi spends his days making placemats and head straps for villagers to carry heavy loads on their backs.

His nephew, Dolak Dangi, said: 'He would also look after the buffalos and cows.

Dangi watches television in a guesthouse room in Katmandu while waiting to meet Guinness World Record officials

Dangi watches television in a guesthouse room in Katmandu while waiting to meet Guinness World Record officials

Dangi is smaller than a table top and the door handle in his guesthouse room in Kathmandu

Dangi is smaller than a table top and the door handle in his guesthouse room in Kathmandu

'Although he could not chase them or tie them - he would call us if they strayed.'

Dangi hopes to use his new found fame to travel, admitting: 'I think things will be better now. I hope that I will be famous all over the world.

'I want to visit foreign countries and meet people from around the world.'

The cause of Mr Dangi's height problem has not been diagnosed but it is suspected that he suffers primordial dwarfism which begins in the womb.

The Guinness World Records adjudication confirming Jyoti Amge, 18, as the world's smallest woman

The Guinness World Records adjudication confirming Jyoti Amge, 18, as the world's smallest woman

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阮經天服兵役:我的特權就是更拚命

阮經天服役:我的特權就是更拚命

【聯合報╱記者呂盈潔/台北報導】

2012.02.26 02:58 am

阮經天服役屆滿一個月,除了軍中生活備受關注,放假返家也飽受媒體追逐,本報昨接獲同梯役男爆料小天在軍中自願收汙衣、幫同袍,印證阮經天日前在新浪微博所言「要讓自己變成榜樣!」

阮經天助理則表示,「小天確實自願當洗衣委員,其他的事情我並不清楚。」

阮經天日前從成功嶺結訓,已經開始接受教育替代役訓練,之前電視名嘴砲轟阮服替代役是「階級特權」,當時阮經天透過新浪微博發文反駁「特權說」,直說「我唯一的特權,就是我必須比別人更拚命!因為我明白大家都在看!要讓自己變成榜樣!」

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同袍誇nice:阮經天幫我們收內褲

【聯合報╱記者楊德宜/桃園縣報導】

2012.02.26 02:58 am

藝人阮經天軍中生活備受關注,同袍爆料他在訓練中心「什麼都擔下來,超偉大」,圖為他二月中旬結訓返家,被媒體包圍。
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正在高雄接受教育替代役訓練的金馬獎影帝阮經天,在訓練中心人氣超高,同袍透露「天哥人超nice,什麼事都擔下來,幫我們收內褲、倒廚餘」,有名替代役男車禍左腳骨折,「阮經天每天背上背下,超偉大」。

「別人瘋林書豪,我的營區則瘋阮經天」,爆料的軍人說,阮經天廿日報到後,下課時間就變成簽名會,「大家都想找他、跟他講話」,阮經天有求必應,簽到憋尿。

甚至有人拿一整本全新筆記本,要求阮經天每頁都簽名,他照單全收。

阮經天自願做洗衣委員,「天哥每晚負責收十四人的內衣、內褲」。上級規定每晚要寫兩頁作文,大部分役男頂多寫半頁、一頁,天哥一定寫滿滿兩頁,做什麼事都很認真,上課從不打瞌睡。

同袍還說,令人頭大的三千公尺體能測驗,天哥跑出十二分五秒成績,排名第三,其他人平均要跑十六、十七分鐘,警棍術測驗也是最高分。

由於阮經天太紅,前天有女校學生來澄清湖活動中心烤肉,活動中心拉起封鎖線,「天哥主動戴口罩,還是很多女生發現他,不停尖叫偷拍」。

與阮經天同寢室的王姓役男三周前出車禍左腳骨折,阮經天主動照顧,「天哥到那都背著他,不然就是推輪椅,從早扶到晚,好感動」。

雖然軍方禁止役男私下找阮經天合照,但是他仍開心和全中隊大合照,同袍說,「好多朋友都拜託加洗照片」。

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紐約時報:林書豪成就來自苦練

紐時:林書豪成就來自苦練

  • 2012-02-26 01:07
  • 中國時報
  • 【尹德瀚/綜合報導】

     美國《紐約時報》廿五日報導指出,林書豪在NBA竄紅的速度令人驚訝,但他有今天的成就絕不是天上掉下來的僥倖,主要是靠過人的毅力、對自己的信心,以及加倍又加倍的苦練;一路走來,林書豪經歷過無數挫折,每一次挫折都讓他蛻變進化,終於造就今天在球場上光芒萬丈的巨星。

     紐時報導說,林書豪在二○一○年的NBA選秀會落選,最後選擇與勇士隊簽約。當時勇士隊教練史馬特對林書豪最深刻的印象,就是他強烈的企圖心;他記得林總是在吃完早餐後開始練球,而球隊則要到中午才開始練球。但史馬特也指出,那時候的林書豪球技還不成熟,包括投籃等技巧都不到位。

     不過,林書豪從馬索曼教練學到許多,特別是「擋切戰術」的臨場發揮。馬索曼說,林書豪是他所見過最擅長「運球突破」的球員之一,這是教不來的。但林書豪並不以此自滿,去年夏天他找上有卅四年教球經驗的薛普勒教練,在其指導下苦練三分球,從而改善得分能力。

     但這時的林書豪還是有個致命缺陷,他的爆發力不夠。經過薛普勒的介紹,由訓練師瓦格納幫林進行對症下藥的訓練,結果林的肌力大幅加強,立定彈跳的高度更增加了九公分。今年初林書豪轉戰尼克隊時,他已經有充分信心,準備大顯身手。