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Centenarian sets record by running a marathon
"He's absolutely overjoyed, he's achieved his life-long wish,"
- coach Harmander Singh
A British centenarian of Indian ancestry became the oldest person ever to complete a full 42-kilometer (26-mile) marathon over the weekend in Toronto, Canadian media said Monday.
Fauja Singh, 100, took eight hours to cross the finish line -- more than six hours after Kenya's Kenneth Mungara won the event for the fourth straight year.
Although finishing 3,849th, Singh is "overjoyed" about beating his predicted time, his coach Harmander Singh told the daily Toronto Star.
The runner had set a goal of finishing the race in about nine hours. "He's absolutely overjoyed, he's achieved his life-long wish," said his coach.