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Driver held for hit-and-run death of world’s oldest marathon runner

# Police in India have arrested a man in connection with the death of the world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, in a hit-and-run case. The accused was speeding in a SUV when he struck the 114-year-old British-Indian runner. The incident took place in the northern state of Punjab while Singh was out on his afternoon walk. He was a global icon and set records by running marathons across multiple age categories. Singh began running at 89 and ran nine full marathons between 2000 and 2013, when he retired.