Dozens gathered for the funeral of a man regarded as the first centenarian to complete a full marathon, in his native village in northern Punjab state on Sunday (July 20).
Fauja Singh died at the age of 114 after he was struck by a vehicle near his village on Monday (July 14).
00:00Dozens gathered for the funeral of a man regarded as the first centenarian to complete a full marathon
00:12in his native village in northern Punjab state on Sunday.
00:16Foja Singh died at the age of 114 after he was struck by a vehicle near his village on Monday.
00:30Foja Singh, who claimed to be born in 1911, completed the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2011 when he was 100.
00:54He had registered his best time in a full marathon at the same event in 2003, finishing the race in 5 hours and 40 minutes.
01:04He was not inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records due to the lack of a birth certificate, as birth records were not kept in India in 1911.
01:14An amateur runner in his youth, Foja Singh later settled in London, where he began running competitively at 89.
01:24He was calling the entire world andanden lols, everyone caught me off my face.
01:29What happened?
01:31He said to be around the world, he was one of the people who were just by the audience, he had my request.
01:36He was 25 years old and he got a accident.
01:40I thought there was a mistake of being done.
01:44I thought there was a mistake of doing that, and my mother didn't think of being able to change.
01:48So I didn't have to die and move on a new visit.
01:50He ran several full marathons and also competed in 10-kilometre races before retiring in 2013.
