3 w. ago ‘When you get old, you become young again’: remembering Fauja Singh, the marathon man

After a life shaped by grief and resilience, Singh began running at 89 and became an icon of endurance and joyThe first 20 miles of a marathon are not difficult, Fauja Singh once said. When it came to the last six miles, however, “I run while talking to God.”The fact that he was attempting the distance at all might seem, to some, proof of divine assistance. Singh was 89 when he first took up distance running, having stumbled across a TV snippet of people running a marathon, and decided to give it a go. By his mid-90s he was a marathon veteran, a record holder for his age group and even a poster model for Adidas; aged 101 – or at least so he believed, since he never had a birth certificate – he became the oldest person ever to run the distance. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Driver accused of running over and killing world’s oldest marathoner Fauja Singh arrested

Singh was walking towards a local eatery when he was hit by a Toyota Fortuner

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4 w. ago Driver who ran over and killed world’s oldest marathoner Fauja Singh arrested

Singh was walking towards a local eatery when he was hit by a Toyota Fortuner

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4 w. ago Who was Fauja Singh? World's oldest marathon runner dies in road accident

Tributes to Fauja Singh have been streaming in since his death

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last month World's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies at 114 after being hit by a car

Fauja Singh, known as the Turbaned Torpedo and believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at 114 after being hit by a car in India

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last month Fauja Singh, ‘world’s oldest marathon runner’, dies in road accident aged 114

Singh’s east London running club confirms death in India of athlete thought to be first centenarian to run a marathonThe runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114.The athlete, who lived in Ilford in east London, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village of Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, on Monday, according to reports in India. Continue reading...

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last month British man who was world’s oldest marathon runner dies aged 114

Fauja Singh was hit by a car while trying to cross a road in his birth village Beas Pind

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last month Fauja Singh: World's oldest marathon runner, 114, from east London dies in road accident in India

Fauja Singh’s London-based running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said their upcoming events in Ilford will be a celebration of his life

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last month World's oldest marathon runner dead at 114... after being hit by a car: London club confirms Fauja Singh killed while crossing the road

The British athlete - believed to be the oldest runner to complete a marathon - was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in Punjab, on Monday.

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