Athlete goes for the 100 meter world record – fastest over age 95!

This is cool – 94 and going strong.

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Indeed, running multiple events in the Senior Olympics Hammond has won more than a dozen gold medals since 2001. He has set records for his age class, running 100 meters in 18.09 seconds and 200 meters in 42.35 seconds. “I’m going for world records next year,” he said, referring to the National Senior Games to be held in San Francisco August 1 – 15, 2009.

He’ll be 95 when his flight lands next summer at San Francisco International, track shoes and running shorts in tow.