• Thu   • Mar 13, 2014   • Updated: 2:19pm  Centenarian out to
set the record straight  PUBLISHED : Sunday, 05 February, 2012,
12:00am UPDATED : Sunday, 05 February, 2012, 12:00am  The
amazing feats of centenarian athlete Fauja Singh are certain to
impress Hong Kongers today.  But it seems the man they call the
'Turbaned Torpedo' hasn't made the same impression with the
Guinness World Records organisation.  It has refused to accept
him as the world's oldest marathon runner because he can't
provide them with a birth certificate.  Teetotal vegetarian
Singh ostensibly became the oldest runner to complete a marathon
last October when he finished the Toronto Waterfront event.  And
when he appears in the 10 kilometre race at today's Standard
Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, he's sure to be a star attraction.
However, sticklers for procedure at Guinness World Records, the
global authority in record-breaking, have refused to recognise
his achievement as there is no official document to verify his
age.  'We have not cur