A Japanese athlete broke her own Guinness World Record by participating in the cross-country skiing 2023 Masters World Cup in Austria at age 88.<\/p>\n
Katsumi Saeki was first named the world’s oldest competitive cross-country skier (female) when she competed in last year’s Japan Masters Championships at age 87, and she has now surpassed her own world record.<\/p>\n
Saeki was the only skier at the Austrian event to enter the over-85 category, but her 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) classic-style time of 26 minutes and 18 seconds was faster than one woman in the 81-85 age category, three women in the 76-80 category and one woman in the 71-75 category.<\/p>\n
Saeki then took on the 5-kilometer freestyle event, achieving a time of 29 minutes and 4 seconds, besting the times of two women in the 81-85 category and two women in the 76-80 category.<\/p>\n
The skier said she now has her sights set on breaking her own record again at the February 2024 Masters World Cup in Finland.<\/p>\n
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