Melinder Kaur Ragbir Singh, an ex-national athlete, sets two world records running a mile barefoot and in handcuffs to raise funds for underprivileged children in Malaysia.
Melinda is an ex-national athlete and a retired military officer. She undertook
this record to raise money for underprivileged, orphaned and neglected kids
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in her home country, Malaysia. She also wanted to show them
that no effort is too large or too small to make and to inspire
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them with confidence and motivation with this inspirational record
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Melinda was a member of the Malaysian steeplechase
team and she broke the national 3000m steeplechase
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record four times during her athletics career
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She completed her barefoot mile
in 6 minutes, 4.87 seconds
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On the same day, Melinda attempted another
record for the fastest mile run in handcuffs
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She trained for this record for six months. In the final few months she
worked with police officer and another ex-national athlete, Shahroodin Hashim
