Young Pakistani girl, Emma Alam, broke multiple world records as she wonthe 29th World Memory Championships global finals, beating over 300competitors from all across the world.
Participants from various countries such as Canada, China, United Kingdom,South Korea, India, Vietnam, United States, Malaysia, Algeria, Iraq, HongKong, Macau, Libya, Qatar, and Taiwan took part in the competition.——————————
Emma competed in all ten disciplines in a three-day competition, which tookplace virtually, with the Chinese city, Sanya, as the base. The annualcompetition was first held in 1991 in London. It was created by an Englishauthor, Tony Buzan, to make the memory sports official. The championshiphas been held in multiple cities all over the world since its inception.
Emma Alam became the first Pakistani ever to win the World MemoryChampionship. Emma has been making the country proud in variouscompetitions over the years, raking in countless trophies and medals. Herlatest achievement makes her the undisputed World Memory Champion.——————————
Emma was excited to win the championship and said, “I had aimed to give mybest in WMC 2020, backed by a lot of daily practice for the past two yearswith my coach and the institute. It still astonishes me how powerful themechanism of human memory is and the brain’s infinite information storagesystem.”
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One of the founders of the World Memory Championships, Raymond Keene,congratulated Emma on her magnificent achievement. He called her one of thegreatest sporting achievers in the history of Pakistan and a unique hero ina pandemic stricken time.
Another team Pakistan member, Abeerah Ather, finished seventh in thetournament. Emma Alam and another Team Pakistan member, Syeda Kisa Zehra,also broke multiple world records in the competition. Guinness WorldRecords will officially recognize their records soon.
