100-year-old Japanese woman swimmer sets 1,50

Tokyo: A Japanese woman aged nearly 100 years is said to have created a record in 1500 meter freestyle swimming. Thus she became the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m freestyle swimming in a 25m pool. The woman named Mieko Nagaoka is said to have started her swimming practice only at the age of 82. She has been holding the record in her age category for the same distance in a 50m pool. She achieved the latest feat in just over one hour and 15 minutes, using backstroke all the way. The...