Standing ovation to 100-year-old Fauja Singh

Fauja Singh,100, born 1 Apr 1911 in Punjab, then British India.
A British centenarian marathon runner of Indian Sikh origin.
Earned a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records as the oldest person to complete a full marathon when he finished the 42.195km distance in Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Canada on last Sunday in 8:25:17 (official gun time ; net time 8:11:06) at the age of 100.

3 days earlier at the Birchmount Stadium,Toronto, he attempted and set 8 world age group records in one day :
100m in 23.14, 200m in 52.23, 400m in 2:13.48, 800m in 5:32.18, 1500m in 11:27.81, the Mile in 11:53.45, 3000m in 24:52.47 and 5000m in 49:57.39.

He was born in India and moved to UK in the 60's and had a love for running when he was a farmer in Punjab. He took up running seriously only 11 years ago after the death of his wife.

He achieved the feat of finishing the 2003 Toronto Marathon in a remarkable time of 5:40:01 at the age of 92.

The next running destination for this 100-year-old hero will be the 30th BMW Frankfurt Marathon on 30 Oct, just 2 weeks after his Toronto feat, where he will participate in the marathon relay.

Fauja Singh, a vegetarian had said :
"I won't stop running until I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon runner ever."

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