Hidekichi Miyazaki,probably the fastest of Japan’s 60000-plus centenarians, says he can keep going for another few years after taking up running aged 90It is limited wonder that his doctors fill described him as a medical miracle. At 105, or Hidekichi Miyazaki – AKA the Golden Bolt – has become the world’s oldest competitive sprinter,breaking his own 100m record into the bargain at an athletics assembly this week.
While Miyazaki’s time of 42.22 seconds earned him a place in Guinness World Records as the fastest man in the world in the over-105 age group, for him the feat was tinged with disappointment.
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Source: theguardian.com