Adding More Feathers to his Cap? Rakshith Shetty bags 15,16 & 17th Guinness Record

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Adding More Feathers to his Cap? Rakshith Shetty bags 15,16 & 17th Guinness Record

Adding More Feathers to his Cap? Rakshith Shetty bags 15,16 & 17th Guinness Record

Mangaluru: Looks like for this 32-old-man there is no stop in attaining Guinness World Records one after the other. Rakshith Shetty of Mangaluru has been “keep going and going and going” in marathon and has been entering and entering and entering himself in the Guinness Book of World Records. Now he has achieved his 15th, 16 and 17th Guinness World Records running in the ” Bangalore Shiram Properties Marathon (October) 2017″- Dressed in shoe costume. Broke the record set in UK- 1 hr 43 minutes, with Rakshith timing of 1.33.13; “Mysore Kaveri Trail Marathon (November) 2017)- Dressed in Monk costume, with timing of 1.34.54; and ” Bangalore APR Marathon (December) 2017″ -Broke yet another UK- Time-1 hr 29 minutes, by Rakshith’s timing of 1.28.08. Team Mangalorean who have been supporting Rakshith’s efforts in this sport is very proud to note that he has now 15, 16 and 17th Guinness World Records to his credit, and also breaking two UK records. Congrats buddy!

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For people with a willingness to achieve, the world is full of opportunities. For that matter, Rakshith Shetty, who shows the world that to be an extraordinary achiever, all you need is a lot of passion and some out-of-the-box thinking. This man who lives by the principle of simple living and high thinking, down-to-earth, soft spoken Rakshith is now a proud holder of 17 Guinness World Records and guess what?- he’s the only one of his kind in India.

His 15th Record is for half marathon in the Bangalore Shriram Properties Marathon (October) 2017, dressed in shoe costume, where he broke the UK record Time-1 hr 43 minutes by his timing of 1.33.13; His 16th Records details : category-half marathon-Mysore Kaveri Trail Marathon (November) 2017- Dressed in Monk costume, with time 1.34.54; and 17th Records details: category-half marathon- Bangalore APR Marathon (December) 2017- Dressed in Plant costume, breaking UK record Time-1 hr 29 minutes by his timing of 1.28.08 In the same race he got a second place (no cash award-only medal certificate)

Even though Rakshith Shetty has bagged so many Guinness Records, he is very much hurt that no one from his community nor the government nor any organization has come forward to felicitate or help him financially in his sports talents. “May be because I am simple and poor, that no one wants to come forward and help me. I am looking forward for support and encouragement from anyone to succeed in my running/Marathon career. ” he says.

Rakshith’s past 14 Guinness World Record Achieved details:

1. 10 kms dressed as animal costume – Bengaluru- Event, TCS WORLD 10K 2014 (April)
2. 10 kms dressed as vegetables costume-Mysore- Event, Mysore Marathon 2014 (Same race got 2nd place win) (September)
3. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as Love Heart- Bengaluru- Bengaluru Marathon (Shriram properties) 2015 (October)
4. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as Musical Instrument – Bengaluru- Bengaluru Midnight Marathon (SBI) 2015 (December)
5. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as Playing Card- Bangalore- Bangalore (Ajmera) Half Marathon 2015 (December)
6. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as tool (Measuring Tape) – Mysore- Royal Mysore Marathon 2015 (December)
7. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as Whoopee cushion- Bangalore- Bengaluru Nirbhaya Midnight Marathon 2016 (April)
8. 21 kms (Half marathon) dressed as Fast Food items- Bangalore- Bangalore (trort 008) Marathon 2016 (July)
9. 21 kms (Half Marathon category (Kaveri trail marathon (November) 2016) held in Mysuru.
10. 21 Kms (Half Marathon Category -APR Bengaluru Marathon Dec 2016 (wearing Salwar Kameez)
11. 21 Kms (Half Marathon Category -APR Bengaluru Marathon Dec 2016 (wearing Beach slippers)
12. 21 Kms Bangalore Midnight Half marathon (December) 2016,
13. Half marathon Category of Mangalore (Nitte) Marathon, which was held in February 2017-dressed as Boxer
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Rakshith’s Normal Races Win details:

1. 10kms-Bangalore 2014 -2nd place
2. 12.5 kms-Bangalore 2014-3rd place
3. 10 kms Mysore 2014- 2nd place
4. 5kms Bangalore 2015-1st place
5. 21kms Mysore marathon 2015-3rd place
6. 21kms Mangalore (Big Balipu) 2016-1st place
7. 21kms Bangalore 2016- 3rd place
8. 21kms Mysore Marathon 2016-3rd place
9. Short race (Bunts event) Mangaluru 2016- 800 mtrs, 400 mtrs -2nd place Each

Team Mangalorean wishes Rakshith Shetty all success in his future endeavors- and we feel proud to celebrate the success of this hero through this column in Mangalorean.com, where we always encourage, budding to professional stars, either in the field of Sports, Art, Music, Entertainment, Academics. etc-looking forward for Rakshith to hit his 15th Guinness Record- Best of luck!

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