Manan Hassan Wani a young athlete from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district has completed a solo cycling expedition from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, some 4000 kilometres in 24 days. He has already proven his courage by winning 32 gold, silver and bronze medals at various national, state and district level cycling and running competitions and the feat of cycling the 480-km Srinagar-Leh highway in a record 22 hours, two years ago.

“It took me two years to plan this journey and was finalised in December 2020. I covered the journey in 27 days from January 1 to January 27. I got help and necessary suggestions from Sameer Ahmad, who has already travelled by bike from Kashmir to Kanyakumari,” said Wani.

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