Mann Kaur, who is dubbed as the 'miracle from Chandigarh' has been denied visa by China to participate in the Asian Masters Athletics Championships.

A 101-year-old Indian runner won 100-metres gold at the World Masters Games in Auckland in April, had been training hard in Punjab for the competition.

"I was planning to participate in the tournament and have applied for a visa. But the embassy rejected my application citing the reason that I don't have an official invite. I explained that my name is enrolled there, you can check it, but still they denied me the visa," she told ANI.

"I felt very bad when my visa was rejected. Wherever we used to go we would come back winners and even this time around I was confident of victory," Kaur told AFP.

However, she said that it's not the end of the road for her and she will continue training and look forward to competing in future events.

Kaur, who started running just eight years ago at the tender age of 93, was preparing herself to compete in the 100m, 200m, shot put and javelin categories in the China Masters in Rugao.

Kaur is one of the nominees for the coveted Laureus World Sports Awards 2017 in the new category — 'Best Sporting Moment of the Year'.