World's oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh dies at 114 after hit-and-run

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Fauja Singh, who's believed to have been the world’s oldest marathon runner, tragically died on Monday from accidents he sustained after being struck by a automobile whereas crossing a highway in India. He was 114.

Singh, who was believed to have been born in 1911, was taken to a hospital after reviews say he suffered extreme head accidents after being hit by a automobile in his native village close to Jalandhar in Punjab .

British Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh, 101, jogs throughout a practise at a park in Hong Kong February 21, 2013. Singh will participate in a 10-kilometer race on the Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday earlier than he formally retires from public races. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

His operating coach, Harmander Singh, confirmed his dying on social media.

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"Dearest runners, it's with nice unhappiness that we are able to affirm our icon of humanity and powerhouse of positivity, Fauja Singh, has handed away in India, aged 114 years previous," his assertion started. "He succumbed to accidents attributable to a car accident whereas crossing the highway near his dwelling."

Harvinder Singh, a prime district police officer within the space, instructed the BBC that regulation enforcement remains to be looking for the driving force of the car.

Singh started operating on the age of 89 after tragedy struck his household. He had misplaced his spouse and son, nevertheless it was the tragic dying of his son that Singh stated had introduced on his melancholy. His son, Kuldip, was decapitated in a farming accident in 1994. Singh had witnessed the horrible accident.

The world's oldest marathon runner, 94-year-old Fauja Singh (C), gestures earlier than the beginning of a brief model of the 6 km Worldwide Marathon in Lahore, 30 January 2005. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)

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He later moved to London to dwell together with his youngest son and shortly found his love for operating.

"From a tragedy has come a variety of success and happiness," Singh stated after he ran the London marathon in 2000. He competed in a number of marathons after, and his finest end was on the Toronto marathon in 2003, the place he accomplished the race in 5 hours and 40 minutes.

In 2011, on the age of 100, Singh turned the oldest man to finish a marathon. The document, nevertheless, was not formally acknowledged by Guinness World Data as a result of he didn't have a delivery certificates to show his age.

Authorities officers in India had said that delivery data weren't saved on the time Singh was born. He did have a British passport that listed his date of delivery as April 1, 1911.

British Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh, 101, and accompanied Indian runners wave to followers after ending the 10-kilometer race of the Hong Kong Marathon February 24, 2013. Singh formally retires from aggressive races after Sunday's marathon. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

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Tributes for Singh poured in on social media following the information of his dying. Amongst them was a press release from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Fauja Singh Ji was extraordinary due to his distinctive persona and the style during which he impressed the youth of India on a vital subject of health," Modi stated in a submit on X. "He was an distinctive athlete with unbelievable dedication. Pained by his passing away. My ideas are together with his household and numerous admirers around the globe."