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Japanese nursery director, 74, set a relay world record at 73
Mayumi Matsuo is a 74-year-old nursery director in Japan.
She left her job at a city hall at 50 and later started a nursery.
At 62, she returned to athletics, but fell just after a race began and broke her glasses.
Twelve years later, at 73, she set a world record in a relay race.
She still goes to the track twice a week.
Her story shows how she continued to pursue athletics despite a difficult start and the challenges of getting older.
The account does not say what she plans to do next.
Mayumi Matsuo set a relay world record at age 73.
At 74, she remains the director of a nursery school and goes to the track twice a week.
She resumed track and field at age 62 after an early race fall in which her glasses broke.
Matsuo left her city government job at 50 and founded a nursery school.
- Who
- Mayumi Matsuo, a 74-year-old nursery school director.
- What
- She set a relay world record at age 73.
- When
- She set the record at 73; the exact date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Matsuo left her city government job and founded a nursery school.
She resumed track and field; she fell just after the start of a race and broke her glasses.
Matsuo set a relay world record.
She continued going to the track twice a week.
- Name
- Mayumi Matsuo
- Age at record
- 73
- Current age
- 74
- Track visits
- Twice a week
- Track and field resumed
- Age 62
- Founded nursery school
- Age 50
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