119 Years Old and Winning Marathons—Or Not?

[Music] for consume name sauce volna na Wei de Valera yeah this is the story of the great Dharam Paul Singh who according to himself and for hastily arranged forms of ID is a hundred and nineteen years old normally mr. Han polishing the old kill Abel Cuvier American daughter Kelly while living that long would be a feat unto itself it's all the running neck at our attention lives down the street this [Music] according to Robert Young of the gerontology research group only about a thousand people have been verified as living past 110 that's roughly one hundred thousandth of a percent of the current human population of these only about ten percent are male and of these males zero percent could run a marathon [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] mera naam may be the product on orientation chapter Water Authority autonomous mediator birthdays or mary matha the enemy ta-da fatality aluminothermic Mary date card Ava beeban Maya disco denim pathetic I am an actual only solid Giada Ho Gaya home I have heard of mr. Dharam Singh and I'm very proud he is a great Indian he's not 119 years old he's 119 years young I am dr. Pankaj in Ihram I am a world authority on ancient healing secrets I have been helping more than 1 million people people have come from 108 countries including Dalai Lama mother Teresa Nelson Mandela many Hollywood many Bollywood they all have come with chronic and acute health challenges like diabetes blood pressure arthritis osteoporosis when all the doctor said we have no solution and then I find out from this wonderful scriptures how can I help them these are about some people say 1500 some people said mm I don't know but these are very very old scriptures according to my analysis we believe that a person can be 120 like the Ram Singh so the question is what is the Ram Singh doing that we are not doing [Music] me Roberto Vittori medal may begin teenagers October 13 jeno Crete American teenagers a miracle drug or medicine they came platinum eerie moan hey Munna bottom nah licking major kog'maw Monte Rosa Catalan time to long yoga Cartier and Cartier in Comanche crow venustas or embarrass me are you its initial carrier muhanad little Itachi hi God vs jin da-rae i ugly barnacle APNIC is jessica secretary yes the total Khadijah Hara Megan Natalia Vodianova photo people like Dharam Singh they have a natural ability to run they are very strong they're warriors so their ancestors if you see they were all warriors there was one great runner his name was Milkha Singh you know we cannot forget Milkha Singh he won the world best running price in the world [Music] [Music] dancing is a role model my running is giving a very powerful message make your life like a river flow or this flow and if you are flowing like a river you'd never get stuck and you never stink your life is full of flavor and possibilities you talk about a man with you can occur did you say to him a radio media video CD millet departure we could have some oral a guitar door legato guitar delegate a VA may up b-dog me upon anata dirty who you [Music] Medicaid or Bisceglie livadas cavora Veronica de todrâa we stir up sorry but the door - maybe a fruit pie maybe daughter or they'd be asking you to marry Godzilla dog every method of the Gaddafi the orders of my own I don't I don't know me gotta get down [Music] there are a lot of differing opinions about mr. Dharam Singh so we sought specialists from the eastern and western halves of medical philosophy to make sure this marathon wasn't a bad idea for the trouble sales up conadi for the child for the LDA was a product because everybody a digestion our said these do come coach a mother both attract yeah what were yelling about would I have you heard of the Ayurvedic doctors yeah there are there are pulse the all kinds of a things are there there are pulsating leading doctors there are doctors who will see the face and then then prescribe it is like you have seen in few seconds you can get the whole information total intentional information of the whole physiology information of the even each and every cell like that and even the present and the past there are doctors who palpate your body from top to bottom and then they decide they diagnose and give the treatment one two three four five six when you press this pressure point it stimulates from conscious mind to subconscious mind what would you be looking for to see if d'Armes actually fit to run a marathon if he's running around that means his his bones and joints are fit if he's running around that means his heart is fit so I think a general checkup it should be good enough for him what we promote is the preventive geriatrics to prevent the things it's good to stick to this healthy lifestyle after me - vodka realm of the magnet Katrina manager came up MEPA of the thumbnail due to the uvula detail teach me check out the Shaka Haribo grant will kill woman lumpy who j'tia yeh MIDI Badu murki first rennaker Raj hey I've never heard of that before I don't know what that is it's called shut name okay he says it'll help him run forever I've been around long enough to know there is no magic elixir if he runs a marathon and he wins I guarantee you that stuff will sell maybe just in India and unless you can mark it over here my name is Bob Jaron Dola I'm an associate professor in the Department of human biology at the University of Southern California we look at the physiology to biomechanics of human performance which has gotten pretty interesting over the last several years [Music] it boggles the mind that anybody above the age of 90 can go out and exercise a lot I mean it's just I know people are living to the you know 100 years of age more and more but you don't see them out exercising you just don't see that [Music] Wow it's pretty lean and that's not a bad pace he's got good running shoes it look like adidas if I'm not mistaken there's Puma okay I think the guy is a phenomenal individual I mean if he's gonna run a marathon at that pace it's phenomenal I need to see that Passport I wouldn't believe he was more than a hundred years of age six October it doesn't even go that far the only goes to 19 I hate to say it but I have not seen anybody over 106 or heard of anybody over 106 running track no verified athlete has completed an event at age one 10 and above none I'm Ken stone the editor and founder of masters track comm it's a website devoted to show casing and watchdogging the sport of adult age group track and field's would it surprise you if the oldest person on earth was a marathon runner yes I think that at age 24 I I could barely finish a marathon and furet somebody over 110 to do the same thing is beyond credulity for the past three years when mr. Singh has been on my radar claiming to be well over 110 I've asked some simple questions that have never gotten good answers the New York Times that is darndest to give him a chance to prove his age and in fact the New York Times came across documentation that he was in his late 70s as a result of inspection of school documents when we initially reached out to tell you that we were doing a story about a hundred and nineteen year old runner what was your first thought I said who's a BS stuff for about so you had some doubts yeah I mean 119 because you hear the stories about who's the oldest person alive but you know how accurate these birth records are when they would have to go back for the 19th century right I mean I don't know how good they are now they're doing especially as a university stuff they're doing a special thing to see how many people actually pay attention while the lectures are on so don't drowse off according to the internet the oldest verified person on record was 122 and the colonel this person in the world is 117 and living in Jamaica in 2011 the turban tornado foul juh Singh of India became the first hundred year old to finish a marathon however the Guinness Book of World Records refused to include Singh because he couldn't produce his birth certificate so thanks to a maternity ward with a printer and ink concert pianist and birth certificate holder Harriet Thompson takes home the record so what does all this mean basically if mr. Dharam Singh is as old as he thinks he is and still running he would be the only one ever well the only one that's verified thank you passports generally require birth certificates so if somebody's misplaced their birth certificate they can say hey lookit I got a passport and must be good but in other countries such as India you can get a passport by bringing a friend or relative along who can vouch for you which opens up the issue of age verification to great doubt we've heard there's a chance that he understands his age from a 19th century astrological chart or one of the Hindu calendars at several years ahead of our calendar that could account for a certainty that could account for his his persistence in maintaining his age because according to his culture and calendar he can justify calling himself that whether he understands that the rest of the world uses a different calendar I don't know if he'd be truly hey I'm still impressed people who maintain exercise in their 80s and 90s and God forbid even in today or hundreds I mean my hats off to them if I wore a hat I mean it's just a fun amazing amazing phenomenal thing [Music] everyone we spoke with in India said that the oldest come from the Himalayas doctor Madhu's Katmandu clinic has been here for 700 years so he probably knows a thing or two well obviously I found in your condition no too much heart beating you have no that's Acharya visa you know heavy heart beating heart beating now you are going to have challenged it to have regular blood vessel yeah tendency this is what your heart says my name is Madhu I am the proprietor of this clinic we are here since 700 years I learned from my father my father from my grandfather so since 42 years and practicing have you ever heard of mr. Dharam Singh [Music] not move is very old hmm he claims to be 119 119 119 one one nine one one idea is that normal no this is the wind of normal only mentally you can think I can do this is the mental stamina but a physical stamina you cannot Diglett what can you tell from looking at this picture I don't see so brightness in the eye for sure and the luster the glory the skin toner toning also I don't see much so at least is running for American is not practical I don't think you know physically he can do that I am confident with my all the practice on that person conduct he is not physically fit to have marathon race win in this one one nine years all know Romania month on the miracle - money and our money make money better when you make some nice uncommon you know okay with capital he's quickly limit in a hotel came in a calm clear Yamagata gotta jump don't the daughter Meera practice but again many any some document its name Alec or chastity kill many keep in a course Google capture method attorney Larson Dorothea dog from Alton Illinois at Abu lake in my path kilometer that kilometer a kiss kilometer do you think you're ready to run the 5k tomorrow I'm a parent at a yard Neela market Abu you think you're gonna win whatever ah you make me hard I need to be me make it a Lincoln monopoly and mercury low budget but to do money mr. ham polishing Dolce Label Group they are American door [Music] [Music] [Applause] I'm only going to be about this [Music] ministers all hi between here [Music] he sees the Sun first all the city limit Parvati ahead a product for market run honey did you not hear facilities apartment on occasion how many Senate is up then ahead a little better from there come on or package manager down the Capitol anomeric multiple carriers [Music] mr. Dharam Singh didn't take home first place that day the oldest age bracket was 60 plus he took second place to someone who could be half his age whatever age that is maybe that doesn't matter I'm sure he's older than you are and he probably runs farther mr. Singh is a role model and he says life is for celebration not regret this is the never-ending marathon of mr. Dharam Singh [Music]

Channel: The Atlantic

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Keywords: Dharam Singh, 119 years old, 119 year old runner, supercentenarian, India, Indian marathon runner, Dharampal Singh Gudha, marathon runner, yoga, New Delhi, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor, vegetarian, Bob Girandola, masterstrack.com, Fauja Singh, Harriette Thompson, 92 year old woman marathon, Nepal, Hindustan Marathon, Remarkable People, Mel Films, marathon documentary, runner documentary, short film, The Atlantic Selects, short documentary, marathoner

Id: sjIam0-anOU

Length: 21min 20sec (1280 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 29 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/doodleplaybook]

Any mention of Gu? NO! hence why I'm skeptical.

[u/philipwhiuk]

No way is he is even close to 100

[u/ChipmunkFood]

I think he cheats in his races by doing Power Yoga, levitating above everyone and taking a shortcut.