India: the oldest marathon runner, killed in a car accident at the age of 114.

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When we represent the death of 114 -year -old, one of the oldest people in the world, we have a peaceful death in bed in bed from the consequences of old age.

Nevertheless, this did not happen in the case of the British Hindu veil of the Singh, which was left by the car.

Well known because he fled Nine marathons between 89 and 100Having retired from running in his 101st year, Sing was once considered the oldest marathon runner in the world, although the Guinness Book could never confirm the achievement, since the Indian authorities did not give birth certificates during his birth. His British passport mentions his date of birth on April 1, 1911.

When he was 100 years old in 2011, Singh received a congratulatory letter from Queen Elizabeth IIwho also invited him to visit the Buckingham Palace. In the same year, when he ran to the Toronto marathon, he became the first service station, a full marathon.

Despite the fact that he stopped running marathons, Singh continued to be active and passed several kilometers a day, according to the BBC, which he met the runner about a month ago. TO IlfordWhere he lived in East London, he founded a club and a charitable organization called “Sikhi in the city” and always set a goal to flee with a turban. In 2012, he transferred the Olympic torch to the London Olympic Games.

He died last Monday, at the age of 114, shot down by a car in his village in this area Beans India. The driver escaped from the place of clash, and the police announced that he was in his traces.

His death caused a wave of Dani from the prime minister of India Narendra Monti, who called him a “excellent athlete with incredible determination” to British deputy Kaur Jill, who published a photograph with Singhu, who described “One”. He also said this “His discipline, his simple way of life and his deep humility” “He left an indelible sign on it,” and this “Age is just a number. The attitude of life is what matters. ”

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