The runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114.
The athlete, who lived in Ilford in east London, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village of Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, on Monday, according to reports in India.
Come on, Guardian. “Accident?!” Notice the use of language in these cases. When the person killed is driving, that’s a “crash.” For example, “crash” was used to describe Kelvin Kiptum’s (marathon record holder) death.
Off the top of my head, a couple more ultra-endurance athletes killed when hit by automobiles:
- Jure Robič - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jure_Robič, killed while training
- Bob Breedlove - https://web.archive.org/web/20221206061718/https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/wrecked/, killed by a truck during the 2005 RAAM
@[email protected] So far this user’s entire activity on Lemmy has been (seemingly targeted) racism against Indian people (here and previous comment), whining about immigrants to Europe (first comment; in this community), and calling themselves “apolitical” despite doing nothing but politics here. Can they be given the boot?
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