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LONDON, U.K.<br />
Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including<br />
new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the lowest ever car.<br />
The 57th version of the best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and<br />
the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7<br />
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;<br />
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest "guns" - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;<br />
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest<br />
sportswoman.<br />
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human<br />
head.<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a<br />
professional body-builder.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring<br />
44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to<br />
withers.<br />
Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he<br />
had been of a normal stature.<br />
Ryan said: "When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef.<br />
"However, by Christmas time, he still hadn't grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.<br />
"His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing to have Archie in the<br />
new Guinness Worlds book."<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in<br />
Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the<br />
2010-2011 academic year.<br />
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