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Marathon Boy

BBC World News | December 1, 2017

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Filmed over a period of five years, the story of the youngest marathon runner ever who - at the age of four - is plucked from poverty in India by his coach.

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Filmed over a period of five years, the story of the youngest marathon runner ever who - at the age of four - is plucked from poverty in India by his coach.

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