Technology thwarts centenarian sprint record

Cape Town - 100-year-old Philip Rabinowitz says faltering technology will not stop him proving he is the fastest centenarian on two legs.

The South African shattered the world 100m record for centenarians by more than seven seconds on Sunday, but a faulty electronic timer will keep the feat out of the record books, at least for now.

"It was wonderful, I didn't get tired at all," he said the day after his feat. "We will try again in September. Maybe I can do even better next time."

Hundreds of local people watched Rabinowitz, who tries to walk at least four miles a day, slash 7.3 seconds off Austrian Erwin Jaskulski's mark of 36.19 at a stadium in Cape Town.

It was only after finishing that Rabinowitz, who works as a book keeper for a pet food company, learned the timer had failed and that the hand-held stopwatch did not meet world record criteria. -- Associated Press

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