Cuban Johen Lefont will attempt to break his own Guinness record for ball control

September 21, 2023

Cuban Johen Lefont will attempt today to break his own Guinness record for ball control at the Baraguá pool complex in Havana.

The native of Matanzas will have to keep the ball balanced on his head without it falling into the water to surpass his current record from September 2019 when he achieved 19 minutes, 03 seconds and 25 hundredths at the Nacional de Cuba Hotel pool.

From his Facebook profile, the athlete shared the news and invited anyone who wanted to join him to attend the sports facility located in the Villa Panamericana in the capital.

"This Wednesday, September 20th, at the Baraguá Pool Complex, at noon, I will seek to break my record in the longest time balance modality controlling a soccer ball balanced on my head while I remain afloat in the water (19:02 minutes:seconds), I'll be waiting for you there family", Lefont wrote on the social network.

According to comments he made in a recent interview with the Cuban News Agency (ACN), his preparation for this new attempt has been good.

"At the beginning I worked intermittently due to the birth of my daughter last April, but then I gradually increased my ball control sessions", Lefont said.

The former water polo player assured that the final stretch of his training was "excellent", since he had the opportunity to work alongside the national water polo pre-selection team.

His first record ratified by the Guinness expert commission was achieved in April 2012, after he struck the ball with his head 1,203 times without it falling into the water.

"Among Lefont's other achievements are swimming with the ball for seven minutes, 24 seconds and 60 hundredths, as well as touching it 99 times in a pool while wearing ballast on his body", the ACN also notes.