Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Odisha para-athlete Kamalakanta Nayak entered the Guinness Book of World Record by covering about 220 km in 24 hours in a manual wheelchair in Bhubaneswar.
According to the reports, Nayak beat the record with plenty of time to go, covering 184 km at 12:45 pm January 16 in 20:15 hours and the event, which began at 4.30 pm on January 15, concluded at 4:30 PM on January 16. The to-and-fro distance from Rajmahal to Master Canteen –approximately 1.14 km — was the lap for the super ultra-marathon. In between, Kamal had his food, therapy, CIC and hydration done.
Before, Portugal’s Mario Trinidad held the world record for covering the maximum distance in a manual wheelchair, covering 182.4 km.
Nayak is the only Indian who completed a wheelchair ultra-marathon of 139.57 km in 15 hours. He has completed 16 half-marathons and 13 full marathons. Born in a village in Puri district, Nayak is the captain of the Odisha Wheelchair Basketball Team. In 2020, he made a record-setting journey of over 4,200 km in a wheelchair.
