Michael Kish, a 70-year-old man from the US, has proven that age is just a number. Kish completed a 100-metre dash in less than 14 seconds and a video of his feat has gone viral on social media.
The clip shared by FloTrack on Twitter shows the man running at lightning speed and winning Penn Relays. “Michael Kish wins Penn Relays 70-year-old 100m race in 13.47!!” read the caption of the tweet.
The video shared on Thursday has garnered more than 1.9 million views on Twitter.
Watch the video here:
Michael Kish wins Penn Relays 70-year-old 100m race in 13.47!! 🤯
📺: https://t.co/PVPuMyyitJ pic.twitter.com/Cyrn2toBDa— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 28, 2022
“There are plenty of +60, +70 and even +80 year olds running various distances very well…even ultras. Age is only a number,” commented a user.
These guys at 70, are faster than I ever was.
— Lee Gully Sayne (@Sareesataka) April 28, 2022
There are plenty of +60, +70 and even +80 year olds running various distances very well…even ultras. Age is only a number.
— Dor AH (@Hoppy9817) April 29, 2022
I don’t even drive that fast…
— 💧inthecheapseats💉💉💉 (@inthecheapseat1) April 29, 2022
I don’t want hear any excuse from now on 😤💪🏽 https://t.co/sGf9QHaA1I
— Marco (@Youung_marco21) May 1, 2022
According to news.com.au, Kish represented the Shore Athletic Club on Thursday. The second place was secured by Don Warren from Philadelphia in 14.35 seconds and Joachim Acolatse secured third place by finishing the 100 m race in 15.86 seconds.
The news.com.au report also said America’s Bobby Whilden finished the 100 m race in 12.77 seconds during the 2005 Senior Olympics, securing the all-time record. Meanwhile, in 1910, Poland’s Stanisław Kowalski created the record of running 100 m in 34.50 seconds in the category of men over the age of 105.
