Running starts from 70!At 71 years old, 13 seconds 97 and 75 years old, 13 seconds 96 100m high speed frequency · 70s

Dec 17, 2024

Jinhui, 71, who ran ◇100m in 13.97 seconds. Image = Chinese Jeongdan Shinmun

An elderly man in his 70s in China who ran 100 meters in 13 seconds is a hot topic.

Chinese media, including Jeongdan Shinmun, recently reported that Jin Hui (71) won the China National Athletics Masters 100m Run in the 70s category with a time of 13.97 seconds. She swept gold medals in five events, including the 200m and 400m relay races, the 1600m relay, and the long jump. He said he aims to shorten the record by 0.12 seconds to 13.85 seconds next year. He became a celebrity on the Internet and was also introduced to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency and People's Daily WeChat (Chinese version of Kakao Talk).

◇Charles Ali (5th from left) who won the 100m at the 2023 Penn Relay, clocking 13.96 seconds at the age of 75. Image=FloTrack YouTube Channel

Earlier in July 2019, the New York Times published an article about Charles Allie, who was 71 years old at the time, under the title 'World's Fastest (Oldest) Man'. Ali, who was born in 1947, recorded a world record of 26.11 seconds in the men's 200 meters in their 70s and older at the Torun World Masters Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland in March of the same year. His previous year's 100m record was 12.81 seconds.

Ali, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in November 2021, also participated in the track and field competition the following year after radiation therapy, and reportedly won the 2023 Penn Relay, running the 100m in 13.96 seconds at the age of 75.

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Running starts from 70!At 71 years old, 13 seconds 97 and 75 years old, 13 seconds 96 100m high speed frequency · 70s

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