Shashank Batham of Colonel’s Academy School Mhow made his parents, school, city and entire nation proud by being awarded, at Run Bhopal Run Marathon, as India’s youngest marathon runner. The 8 year old Batham grabbed everyone’s attention and left the crowed to amaze at his exceptional performance on marathon track.
He completed the 11 km run in 59 minutes leaving many other national and international runners behind. Although the minimum age to participate in marathon is 18 years, Shashank of class 3 was a given a special permission by concerned authorities to run at the marathon.
Shashank has always been encouraged by his parents and school to exploit his self-genius of distinguished and exceptional running on tracks. His father said that the 8 year old always wished to run like Milkha Singh.
Every day Shashank runs for 30 km to breach his own set target. Shashank’s mother Sunita Batham said a fan of Asian Bolt, Shashank loves to watch his videos. He idolizes the flying Sikh Milkha Singh and dreams to make the entire nation proud like him one day.
He received applauds and cheers from fellow students and blessings from the principal Keran Bahadur at school for bringing home the laurels of being a wonder kid of Mhow. He and his parents thanked the school administration for providing him the basic coaching and facilities so he can excel in running.