Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner? At five, the young boy has completed 48 marathons already.
A biopic on the five-year-old wonderboy is about to release in the theatres August 5.
Born in poverty-stricken family in Orissa, Budhia was sold off to a peddler by his mother for Rs 800.
He was rescued by Biranchi Das, a Judo coach, who took him under his wings and started training him to be an Olympic marathon runner.
By the age of four, Budhia had completed as many as 48 marathons.
But India's wonder kid grabbed headlines when he completed the historic run of 65 km from Puri to Bhubaneswar in seven hours and two minutes flat.
In fact, Budhia earned a place in Limca Book of Records for the same achievement.
In 2011, a feature documentary made by HBO on Budhia's life was released.
Initially titled Duronto, the film was declared as the Best Children's Film at the 63rd National Film Awards.
Budhia, who is now in class 9, no longer runs marathons.
http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/achievers-indian-prodigies-we-should-be-proud-of/20160726.htm
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