<div><p>If you're lucky enough to live to the age of 100, competing in track and field is probably the last thing you'd be thinking of - unless you're Man Kaur. </p><p>The 101-year old just won her 17th gold medal by running in the 100-meter dash at the World Masters Games in Auckland New Zealand. </p><p>The Indian woman participated in the 100-years-and-over category and completed the race in 1 minute 14 seconds, granted she was the only one running the race.</p><p>"I enjoyed it and am very, very happy," Kaur told reporters.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/o-MAN-KAUR-100-YEARS-OLD-570.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/o-MAN-KAUR-100-YEARS-OLD-570_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Canadian Press</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Kaur started partaking in races eight years ago and has no plans to stop anytime soon. </p><p>"I'm going to run again, I'm not going to give up. I will participate, there's no full stop," said the centenarian.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Kaur is living proof that you're only as old you feel and there is no such thing as "too late" when it comes to accomplishing a dream. </p><p>Her son Gurdev Singh,78, told <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/30/man-kaur-100-year-old-runner-sprinter_n_11775370.html">Huffpost</a> that his mom is a role model for senior women in India. </p><p>"She encourages them, old ladies, that they should run, they should not eat wrong foods, and they should encourage their children also to take part in the Games," said Singh</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Watch the gold-medalist cross the finish line in an inspiring race at this week's World Masters Games. </p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="7FisTiX5k1M"></amp-youtube></div></div></div></div>