But... 99 isn't in the 100 plus age group. 🤔
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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The article shows that the lists are made via birth date, not chronological age
Kinda like how I was let into Kindergarten (5+) at age 4, though we didn’t have any old-lady races :(
You made that sound really goofy by saying birth date.
They go by year born and not date born. So right now for instance, you're at 100 years if you were born in 1924, regardless of if you've had your birthday yet.
though we didn’t have any old-lady races :(
What is this world coming to that we can't race our grandmothers down the street anymore.
From the article:
Brussel competes in the 100-to-104 age category, as categories are determined by birth year.
Yeah, they fucked up naming categories if a 99 year old now owns the 100+ records.
Even though the summary makes it clear, the summary being necessary is a failure of naming.
Regardless of the reasons for competition, I now want to know who over 100 has the fastest time and it's not this person.
Close enough.
Everyone came here wondering the same thing. You're the only person who commented without reading the summary.
We’re concerned about trans athletes when we have 99 year olds here playing in the 100+ age group?
This seems far more egregious of an advantage to have over the field.
This is technically true for every U team in every sport.
I thought this was The Onion, until "categories are determined by birth year." LOL
I can do about 150m before drowning.
Betty Brussel took up competitive swimming at in her mid-sixties. Now 99, she’s won hundreds of medals - and just broke three world records in her age group.
For everybody thinking it's too late, shut the hell up and get to work on your dreams!
It's never too late to shut the hell up! But it's sometimes too difficult...
I took up swimming in my late 30s and now I can swim fairly competitively. It's rough in the beginning but once it clicks, it's one of the best feelings in the world.
Not to take away from a 99-year-old still competing athletically, which is impressive obviously, but I'm always amused with these stories about 114-year-old man sets record for fastest time doing 100-meter-hurdles in the over-110s category. New record time is 12 hours, 3 minutes and 2 seconds.
They had to take a nap at 50m
How many over 100 year old swimmers are competing in this thing?!
Damn. Good for her.
100 plus negative 1.
Very impressive. Good for Betty.