英语学习点: Old Age Vocabulary 和老龄有关的词汇
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Fauja Singh is the world's oldest marathon runner.
When it comes to running marathons, eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds is not a world record.
This was the time it took Fauja Singh to complete the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.
But Singh, born in India, is no spring chicken – he's 100 years old and his recent feat has made him the world's oldest marathon runner.
As an athlete, Singh was a late starter. In his late 80s, after the deaths of his wife and son, he decided he was not yet over the hill and took up running.
For Singh, being 100 is just a number. There aren't many centenarians in quite such rude health, but they are on the increase. Life expectancy in the UK today is around 80 but a total of 12,640 men and women are now centenarians compared with just 2,500 in 1980, according to official statistics.
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