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Fauja retired from marathons in 2013, and moved back to India around 2022. Locals often invited him to sporting events. "He'd ...
A torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Singh took up running at the age of 89 as a way to get over depression after his ...
A 25-year-old man completed an extraordinary achievement in honour of his brother with cerebral palsy. Sam Morcom, 25, ran his first marathon in aid of charity, Dame Hannahs.
It'll be interesting to monitor Swiss decathlete Simon Ehammer, who often dips into the individual long jump to great success ...
Ruth Chepngetich, the marathon world record-holder, tested positive for the banned diuretic HCTZ in a urine sample collected ...
The world's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, who was still competing after turning 100 more than a decade ago, died in a ...
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Fauja Singh, the British-Indian athlete widely believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at the age of 114 after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident in Punjab, ...
Fauja Singh was a torchbearer at the 2012 London Olympics and set eight age-group world records in one day. He was honored by ...
Throughout their journey with the RNLI they have been involved in countless rescues, but one incident stands out vividly for ...
The organiser of the London Marathon achieved a record surplus last year as pre-tax profit almost doubled to £12m. London ...
More than a million people have applied to run the 2026 London Marathon, in what organisers say is a new world record. A total of 1,133,813 people have asked to enter the TCS London Marathon on Sunday ...
Then later, I qualified under the Good For Age category the London Marathon introduced – I’ve met the standard every year since. At 80, I suppose that’s not as hard to believe any more.