{"id":140297,"date":"2025-06-12T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=140297"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:59:08","slug":"canadian-sprinter-becomes-worlds-fastest-70-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/canadian-sprinter-becomes-worlds-fastest-70-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian sprinter becomes world’s fastest 70-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"

Setting four world records in one year may sound impossible\u2013but halfway through 2025, Ottawa sprinter Wendy<\/a> Alexis<\/a> <\/strong>has already done it. At the Ottawa Lions Twilight #2<\/a> meet on Wednesday, hosted at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility, the 70-year-old masters athlete soared to her fourth age-group world record of 2025, clocking 14.63 seconds over 100m.<\/p>\n

The previous W70 mark of 14.70\u00a0had belonged to Canadian masters legend Karla Del Grande<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Alexis may not have won Wednesday’s race (she was, after all, racing against athletes between 24 and 57 years younger than she is), winning is still a familiar concept to her. At the World Masters Athletics Indoor (WMAi) Championships in Gainesville, Fla., in March, Alexis won the W65 60m title, winning both her heat and the final in 8.98 and 8.95, respectively.<\/p>\n

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