70-year-old American man Michael Kish has proved that age is just a number. Kish completed the 100m race in less than 14 seconds and a video of his feat went viral on social media.
The clip shared by Flowtrack on Twitter shows the man running at lightning speed and winning the pen relay. “Michael Kish wins the Penn Riley 70-year-old 100m race in 13.47!!” Read the caption of the tweet.
The video shared on Thursday has garnered over 1.9 million views on Twitter.
Watch the video here:
Michael Kish wins the 70-year-old 100m race of the Penn Relays in 13.47!!
, https://t.co/PVPuMyyitJ pic.twitter.com/Cyrn2toBDa— floattrack (@FloTrack) April 28, 2022
“There are a lot of +60, +70 and even +80 year olds running very well different distances… even ultras. Age is just a number,” commented one user.
These 70 years old people are much faster than me.
— Lee Gali Sayane (@SareeSataka) April 28, 2022
Many +60, +70 and even +80 year olds are very well covering various distances…also ultras. age is just a number.
— dor AH (@hoppy9817) April 29, 2022
I don’t even drive that fast…
— inthecheapseats💉💉💉 (@inthecheapseat1) April 29, 2022
I don’t wanna hear excuses from now on https://t.co/sGf9QHaA1I
— marco (@young_marco21) 1 May 2022
according to this news.com.auKish represented Shore Athletic Club on Thursday. Philadelphia’s Don Warren finished second in 14.35 seconds and Joachim Acoltse finished third in 15.86 seconds in the 100 meters.
news.com.au The report also stated that Bobby Whilden of America ran the 100 meters in 12.77 seconds during the 2005 Senior Olympics, setting the all-time record. Meanwhile, in 1910, Stanisaw Kowalski of Poland set a record for running the 100 meters in 34.50 seconds in the men’s category over the age of 105.
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