June 30, 2005

'Impossible is nothing'Sports

"Gangster" Fauja Singh (as our much-adored Punjabi Boy dubbed him) is at it again-- he's not content with the myriad marathons under his belt, so the next item on the 94-year old rockstar's "to do" list is some record-breaking. As in, eight of them.

...Asafa Powell might have to watch his back. The Jamaican may have the new 100m record, but Fauja's after eight of them - in one day.

On Saturday, London's Mile End Park Stadium will witness the great man attempting to set world bests for men over 90 in the 100m, 200m, 300m, 800m, 1500m, 1 mile, 3,000m and 5,000m.

The action starts at 10:30BST with proceeds going to charity and the event is in support of the London 2012 Olympic bid.

The Adidas poster boy swears by a regimen of daily training (eight-miles!), smiling, not smoking, avoiding glassy junction and lots of ginger curry. Wonder if that last item meets Manish's stringent definitions for such a dish? Ofo, Vij-ji...if anyone merits an exception, it's Fauja Singh. ;)

Nothing stokes public excitement like "beef". Prepare the vats of ginger curry! Let's get rrrrready to rrrrumble! :

coach Harminder Singh is trying to set up a showdown between Fauja and Japan's Kozo Haraguchi - the new 100m world record holder for the 95-99 age group.

Haraguchi is hard-core...but I think our man Fauja can take him. :D

The BBC article I linked to asked when our running man might hang up his kicks; I totally dig his answer.

"When I die!" he laughs.

anna on June 30, 2005 11:33 PM in Sports · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post