Alarmed at television footage of Budhia Singh, the four-year-old street child collapsing in the final stages of a record-breaking 69-kilometers run, Indian health officials told police to take him into hospital last Friday for tests to see if the intense exercise was damaging his young body.
Results delivered on Saturday confirmed those fears - with doctors warning that he will soon be a physical wreck.
"Making a child this age run marathons on a regular basis will lead to him being physically burnt-out in a few years," said Dr Manabendra Bhattacharya of the Sports Authority of India, who discovered that Budhia had abnormally high pulse and blood pressure readings.
Budhia has been adopted by a judo coach named Biranchi Das.
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