When you are 100, a week will make a big difference.
Second crack at run gets geezer record
By AP
CAPE TOWN -- The first time Philip Rabinowitz broke the record for the fastest 100-year-old to run 100 metres, a power outage stopped the official clock, so the time was not recognized. The South African man had better luck the second time around, finally making it into the Guinness Book of Records yesterday.
Rabinowitz made his run at the Green Point stadium in 30.86 seconds, beating the previous record of 36.1 seconds.
Last week, he broke the record by clocking 28.7 seconds, when the official clock failed him.
He participated in the South African leg of the global Olympic torch relay earlier this year.
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