100-year-old finishes marathon, earns record

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100-year-old finishes marathon, earns record

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(AP) TORONTO - A 100-year-old runner became the oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon when he finished the race in Toronto on Sunday.


Indian-born Fauja Singh earned a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records for his accomplishment.


It took Singh more than eight hours to cross the finish line — more than six hours after Kenya's Kenneth Mungara won the event for the fourth straight year — and he was the last competitor to complete the course.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/17/...n20121401.shtml

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