No proof of world's oldest marathoner's age: Guinness
October 25, 2011 10:46
Guinness World Records has refused to give recognition as the world's oldest marathon runner to Fauja Singh, a 100-year-old Briton of Indian-origin who
attracted worldwide attention when he completed an eight hour run, because he can't produce his birth certificate.
"We'd love to say this is a true Guinness World Record, but the problem is there is just no evidence... We can only accept official birth documents created in the year of the birth," the editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, Craig
Glenday, was quoted as saying by BBC. Singh's British passport, showing his date of birth as being 1 April 1911, as well as a letter from the Queen. congratulating him on his 100th birthday, have been shown to the organisation, the BBC reported.
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