HONG KONG — The world's oldest marathon runner ran his last race Sunday at the age of 101. Fauja Singh finished the Hong Kong Marathon's 6.25-mile race in 1 hour, 32 minutes, 28 seconds.


The Indian-born runner, nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo, had said he would hang up his sneakers after the race, just before his 102nd birthday.


Singh, a great-grandfather, became the oldest man to run a full marathon in Toronto in 2011, at the age of 100. His accomplishment was not recognized by Guinness World Records because he doesn't have a birth certificate to prove his age. He took up running at the age of 89 as a way to get over depression after his wife and son died in quick succession in India.