"最高齡馬拉松跑者退休"

這位101歲的跑者在香港跑完十公里的比賽。

福賈辛格，據信是全球最高齡的馬拉松跑者，週末時在香港完成最後一場長距離比賽。這位101歲的倫敦人以一小時三十二分的成績跑完十公里。辛格總共參加過八場馬拉松賽事，最早從2000年的倫敦馬拉松開始。2011年，他跑完多倫多馬拉松，當時他100歲。

這場香港賽事對他來說充滿了感情，穿過終點線後，他表示：「我會永遠記得這一天。我會懷念它的。」他還告訴記者，自己「有點開心又有點感傷的情緒交雜在一起。我很開心自己在巔峰的時候引退，但也覺得感傷，因為無法繼續參與比賽的時刻已經到了。」

辛格在六零年代從印度搬到英格蘭，他在太太和其中一個兒子過世時才開始跑步。與記者交談時，他沉思道：「從一場悲劇衍生出很多成功和快樂。」他馬拉松的最佳成績出現在他92歲時，當時他花了五小時四十分鐘跑完全程。

(Life) Oldest Marathon Runner Retires

The 101-year-old finished a 10km race in Hong Kong.

Fauja Singh, who is believed to be the worlds oldest marathon runner, completed his last competitive long-distance race in Hong Kong at the weekend. The 101-year-old Londoner finished the 10km run in an hour and 32 minutes. Singh has run eight marathons in total, starting with the 2000 London Marathon. In 2011, he completed the Toronto Marathon when he was 100.

The race in Hong Kong was emotional for Singh, and after he crossed the finish line, he said: I will remember this day. I will miss it. He also told reporters that he was feeling a bit of happiness and a bit of sadness mixed together. I am happy that I am retiring at the top of the game but I am sad that the time has come for me to not be part of it.

Singh, who moved to England from India in the 1960s, only started running when his wife and one of his sons died. Speaking to reporters, he reflected that from a tragedy has come a lot of success and happiness. His best time for the marathon came when he was 92, when he completed the distance in five hours and 40 minutes.

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