Final week on the Nationwide Open Masters Athletics Championship in Vadodara, India, a 105-year-old lady made historical past, breaking the 105+ 100 metre world file in 45.40 seconds.
Born in 1917, Rambai started operating competitively at age 104, and took half within the above-100 class, nonetheless, she ended up operating the race alone, as a result of lack of rivals in her age class. She has already acquired the nickname ‘Granny Bolt’ from native media.
She not solely broke the Indian 100+ nationwide file set by 101-year-old Maan Kau in 2017 (74 seconds), however she additionally smashed Julia ‘Hurricane’ Hawkins world 105+ file of 62 seconds.
Outdoors of the 100m, she collected three extra gold medals on the Nationwide Masters Athletics Championship performed by the Athletics Federation of India. Rambai has goals of competing internationally in the future however doesn’t have a passport.
105-year-old Rambai has shocked everybody by setting a brand new file in 100m on the inaugural Nationwide Open Masters Athletics Championships.
She accomplished the race in 45.40 seconds. pic.twitter.com/rv2gk2UkZf— SheThePeople (@SheThePeople) June 21, 2022
Based on the India Occasions, Rambai’s granddaughter, Sharmila, mentioned that the centurion is cautious about what she eats every day. “She consumes lots of ghee and curd day by day.” She tries to get exterior for 3 to 4 kilometres of train day by day.
Who is aware of if we’ll in the future see a 100m race between the 2 greats, Hawkins and Rambai.