“I'm embarrassed that a 70-year-old guy could beat me in a race,” wrote third. While one user jokingly said, “I don't even drive that fast,” another added, “These guys at 70 are faster than I ever was”. Internet users have described Mr Kish as an inspiration.
Since shared, the clip has been viewed over 1.9 million times. In the clip, one can see the 70-year-old, who is a grandfather, zooming past his competition while sporting black sunglasses. Starting the race and separating himself from other athletes, Mr Kish grabbed an early lead. The Shore AC athlete set fire to the track and the footage of his impressive feat has gone viral on social media. This is like a 70-year-old going 23.5 in the 50 freestyle… /GVg2EFzXrR- Kyle Sockwell April 30, 2022 He proved that age is just a number by setting a strong time for his competing age group and taking home the 100-metre title in the 70-year-old category. Sarah the cheetah has shattered the world record for the standing 100-meter dash, clocking a time of 5.95 secondsmaking Olympian Usain Bolts world record of 9.58 seconds look positively stodgy. According to, Michael Kish finished the event in 13.47 seconds at the Penn Relays on Thursday. The Lighting Bolt may have hung up his sprinting spikes in 2017, but Usain Bolt’s record is set to rule the running tracks around the world for years to come.A 70-year-old American man has left the internet stunned by completing a 100-metre dash in less than 14 seconds. Overall, only American female track and field star Allyson Felix has more gold medals in the competition with 13. With 11 gold medals, Bolt is the most decorated male athlete of all time at the World Championships. The closest comparison, perhaps, will be the legendary Carl Lewis, who won back to back 100m golds at the 19 editions, whilst clinching a gold and silver in the 200m events.īy setting the 100m and 200m world records at Beijing 2008, Bolt became the first sprinter since fellow Jamaican Don Quarrie in 1976 to hold both world records simultaneously.īolt had also won the 4x100m gold medals in all three editions but was unfortunately stripped off the Beijing medal in 2017 after teammate Nesta Carter failed a drug test.įrom 2009 to 2015, Bolt won every 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold medals on offer at the biennial meet, barring the 100m at the 2011 edition in South Korea, where he was disqualified due to a false start. So to this point, he has to be considered the greatest,” Michael Johnson once said about Bolt. But none of us has produced, in my opinion, the consistency and longevity that Bolt has.
“You think of the great sprinters of the past who have done things that have never been done before like Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and myself. He beat his own world record at Berlin, but the Olympic record still stands. The Jamaican, however, did just that, clipping 0.02 seconds off Johnson’s time to win gold and set both the new world and Olympic record in 200m. The Jamaican won gold after clocking 19.19 seconds, bettering his previous record of 19.30 seconds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Ĭlaiming the record for the first time, however, was quite a toil.Ĭhasing the legendary United States sprinter Michael Johnson’s long-standing record of 19.32 seconds set at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Bolt needed to better his previous 200m best of 19.67 seconds by quite a margin to stake claim on the record at Beijing. Like in the 100m, Bolt chose the 2009 World Championships in Berlin to set the 200m world record. Though his achievements in the 100m made Bolt a superstar, the Jamaican’s pet event was the 200m. Though Tyson Gay in 2009 and Yohan Blake in 2012 equalled Bolt’s 9.69 seconds from Beijing, Bolt’s 9.58 seconds at the 2009 World Championships and 9.63 seconds at the London 2012 Olympics - still the Olympics 100m record - remain untouched by any runner in any official competition till date. At the 2009 World Championships, Bolt was only putting his own record beyond the competition’s reach.īy the time he retired in 2017, Bolt’s 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Olympics was his third-best time in the 100m. Just months later in August 2008, Bolt ran a 9.69 seconds at the Beijing Olympics to win gold in the 100m and better his own record. In New York, Bolt beat US sprinter Tyson Gay, the then reigning world champion, by over a second to win the gold medal**.** He clocked 9.72 seconds to beat fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell’s record of 9.74 seconds set at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti, Italy, a year earlier. 100 meters is a track-and-field highlight event that decides the Fastest Human The womens 100-meter record of 10.49 seconds by Griffith-Joyners still.
The Jamaican first held the 100m world record in 2008 at the Reebok Grand Prix in the Icahn Stadium in New York. Usain Bolt, however, was already in possession of the title and was only bettering his own times. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is regarded as the fastest man on the planet.
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