Singh is King : Athlete conquers marathon at 100!

Fauja Singh

Meet Fauja Singh, an Indian born now a Bristish resident, has completed the 42 KM Marathon at the age of 100!

Yes, he participated in the event conducted at Toronto, Canada and after 8 Hours, 25 Minutes and 18 Seconds, he achieved what no other, at his age, has achieved yet. He completed the Marathon and created history.

He also registered his name in the “Guinness Book” of world records for being the oldest to complete the marathon. Earlier the record was held by a 98-year old Greek.

Family, friends and supporters gathered around him as he finished the race.

His coach and translator Harmander Singh said.

‘Achieving this will be like getting married again. He’s absolutely overjoyed, he’s achieved his lifelong wish.” ‘

This was Singh’s eighth marathon – he ran his first at age 89 –

And on Thursday in Toronto, Singh broke world records for runners older than 100 in eight different distances ranging from 100 meters to 5,000 meters.

The 5-foot-8 Singh said he’s hopeful his next project will be participating in the torch relay for the 2012 London Games. He carried the torch during the relay for the 2004 Athens Games.

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