Age is no bar to realise one's dreams, says 101-year-old Man Kaur who recently won the 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland. Kaur, who won her first medal in 2007 at the Chandigarh Masters Athletics meet, is now eying to compete in the World Masters Games to be held in Malaysia next year. Kaur says she took up athletics at the ripe age of 93 years "just for the heck of it" after seeing her son Gurdev Singh, who is now 79 years old, run a race in Patiala. Winning the medal in Auckland, New Zealand last month, Kaur added the 17th gold medal in her kitty. Asked if she had thought of taking up athletics early in life, Kaur told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna May 15, 2017 13:18 UTC