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[Article] British marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in road accident aged 114 (www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"...was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, [India] ..."

RIP to an inspirational person. He only started distance running at 89!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Kinda skeptical if he was actually 114 though.

From Wikipedia:

Guinness World Records refused to include Singh in its record book because he could not produce his birth certificate to prove his age. Birth records were typically issued in villages in India at the time.[31][32]

https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/7143946/guinness-certify-100-year-old-fauja-singh-marathon [32]

That said, fuck cars

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That was because the British Raj did not create birth records so there is no record to produce. Local villages in India did keep a form of record but it was normal to be off by a few months or sometimes people lied to get their kids into school early. Given his history and fame, it is unlikely to be off by more than a few years at most.

Don't take away his achievements for some bureaucratic reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So is he merely 110 running a marathon or only a super young 100?

Still. Crazy impressed over here.