Watch Nonagenarians Run a 100 Meter Dash

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Emiel Pauwels, 94, represents Belgium. Ilmari Koppinen, 95, runs for Finland. Depending on which news organization you consult, they ran either 60 or 100 meters, either of which is amazing. Place your bets.

Link -via Daily of the Day

They are awesome! My MIL is ten years younger, and it takes her ten minutes to come unlock the front door.

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It looks to me like it's 60 m, which is just shy of 70 yards. I wonder what the key muscle that determines speed, at that age, is. [Like, should I be doing calf raises, now? Squats? or just stick with the pizza slice curl?]

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As a PC gamer, I'm just wondering what kind of thumb workout I'll be needing in order to do this in 5o years. Because I'm not used to all that
X-box controller gadgety-ism.

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