{"id":32269,"date":"2020-08-02T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=32269"},"modified":"2020-08-02T20:20:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T16:20:02","slug":"an-emirati-woman-breaks-the-guinness-world-record-for-football-hotstepping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/an-emirati-woman-breaks-the-guinness-world-record-for-football-hotstepping\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Emirati Woman BREAKS The Guinness World Record For\u00a0&#8216;Football Hotstepping&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Young Emirati Woman BREAKS The Guinness World Record For\u00a0&#8216;Football Hotstepping&#8217;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You goooo\u00a0Areej Al Hammadi!!<\/p>\n<p>More power to\u00a0Areej Al Hammadi, an Emirati who smashed the\u00a0Guinness World Record for soccer ball &#8220;hotstepping,&#8221; completing 86 repetitions of the ball control trick in a minute (the previous record was set at 56 repetitions back inMarch in the UK).<\/p>\n<p>Aspiring to be a football player from a young age,\u00a0Hammadi is also a part of the\u00a0UAE National Football Team and has expressed feeling immensely &#8216;proud&#8217; and &#8216;happy&#8217; that she was able to bag this achievement for herself, her country and for &#8216;women around the world&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a proud moment an achievement for me, for my name to be on there, for my country, and for women around the world. I&#8217;m really happy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<h2>Al Hammadi took the challenge at a residential area in Mirdif, Dubai, outdoors on a concrete ground, using a FIFA approved football<\/h2>\n<p>In the official\u00a0Guinness video that&#8217;s nearly 5-minutes long,\u00a0Al Hammadi can be seen showing off her fancy footwork and concluded the video by saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s an amazing feeling to break a Guinness World Records title!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It&#39;s an amazing feeling to break a Guinness World Records title!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Areej Al Hammadi has set a new record for &#39;most football &#39;hotstepper&#39; ball control tricks in one minute&#39;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GWRDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GWRDay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oOZgZEjR25\">https:\/\/t.co\/oOZgZEjR25<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wK1f5P8CZQ\">pic.twitter.com\/wK1f5P8CZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Guinness World Records (@GWR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GWR\/status\/1288353562276184064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Feeling inspired? 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