A young man from Ghana, Seidu Rafiwu, has made his country proud by setting a new Guinness World Record for the farthest distance covered on foot by a male within 24 hours.
The previous record was set by Jesse Casteneda from the United States in 1976, who walked a distance of 228.930 kilometres in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In a recent video that has gone viral among Ghanaians, EMT Douglas Boakye announced that Seidu had completed the record attempt, and was now embarking on a personal record of walking from Techiman to Accra, a distance of 383 kilometres.
The video has already garnered over 4,000 likes and 200 comments. A young man from Ghana, Seidu Rafiwu, has made his country proud by setting a new Guinness World Record for the farthest distance covered on foot by a male within 24 hours.
The previous record was set by Jesse Casteneda from the United States in 1976, who walked a distance of 228.930 kilometres in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In a recent video that has gone viral among Ghanaians, EMT Douglas Boakye announced that Seidu had completed the record attempt, and was now embarking on a personal record of walking from Techiman to Accra, a distance of 383 kilometres.
The video has already garnered over 4,000 likes and 200 comments. Ghana’s Seidu Rafiwu has made the whole country proud after ending his GWR attempt for the farthest distance covered on foot by a male within 24 hours.
The current walking marathon record was set by America’s Jesse Casteneda in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, on September 1976 after walking for 228.930 kilometres.
In a trending video that has made a lot of Ghanaians proud, EMT Douglas Boakye, who was part of Seidu’s Rafiwu team, announced that the young man had ended the record attempt.
He added that Safiu was now embarking on a personal record, which was to walk from Techiman to Accra, which is 383 kilometres.
At the time of writing this report, the video of the interview had over 4,000 likes and 200 comments.
Story by Obaapa Janee
