101-year-old wins sprinting gold medal at the World Masters Games

The most popular medal at the World Masters Games has gone to the oldest competitor - 101-year-old Indian sprinter Man Kaur.

She was heartily cheered when a gold medal was draped around her neck after winning her one-woman 100m race at the Waitakere's Trusts Arena athletics stadium on Monday.

Man Kaur - sporting her special number, 10001 - crossed the line in 1min 14.58sec - almost 1min 4sec short of the women's world record for the distance.

But Man Kaur was definitely a champion in the eyes of the crowd, epitomising the spirit of the Masters Games.

She raised her hands in prayer position to thank her supporters and sported a winning smile at the medal ceremony.

She arrived in Auckland to much fanfare a week ago and has been embraced by the city's Indian community.

​The World Masters Games crowds will be seeing a lot more of Man Kaur yet.

She will also take part in the 200m, shot put and javelin this week.

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First appeared on Stuff.co.nz.

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