Bhubaneswar, Jan. 12 -- Once long-distance runner Budhia Singh from Odisha had hogged the limelight as the world's youngest marathon runner. He ran from Puri to Bhubaneswar at the age of five covering 65 kilometres in seven hours and two minutes and was listed as the world's youngest marathon runner in the 2006 edition of the Limca Book of Records.

Another Budhia Singh from Odisha seems to be in offing. Meet child athlete Rudra Sethi from Malkangiri who has also shown Budhia-like marathon running spirit.

Six-year-old Rudra has stunned one and all from his area by running 17 kilometers at a stretch. The wonder kid achieved the feat during the Mini Marathon organised for 'Malyabantha Mahostava' in Malkangiri on Thursday.

Rudra didn't ach...