Article: Reports: Japanese man, 95, breaks 100-meter world record _ for his age bracket


AP Worldstream
06-20-2005
Dateline: TOKYO
A 95-year-old Japanese man who took up track only three decades ago has run a 22.04-seconds 100 meters, a new record for his age bracket, a report said Monday.

Kozo Haraguchi's dash Sunday in the rain at an outdoor track in the southern Japanese city of Miyazaki beat the world record of 24.01 seconds for the 95 to 99 age group set by Hawaii-resident Erwin Jaskulski in May 1999, according to the national Asahi newspaper.

"I ran ...

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