File photo: Fauja Singh (Picture credit: Sikhs in the city)LONDON: Tributes are pouring in from across the UK for Fauja Singh, the oldest marathon runner in the world, who died on Monday after being hit by a car in his Punjab village at the age of 114.Writer and filmmaker Captain Jay Singh-Sohal told TOI: “I met him many times. ”Fauja Singh discovered running in his 80s as a means of remaining active and lifting boredom as he became older. That led to depression and so he came to the UK to stay with his son, Sukhjinder, and lived in Ilford. Harmander trained him in just 11 weeks to run his first marathon, the London Marathon, in 2000, aged 89. Fauja Singh walked or jogged for 10 miles a day and ate a minimal diet, and was very light in weight.

Source: The Times July 16, 2025 01:14 UTC