Many people try to stay healthy long enough to play with their grandkids one day. But for 70-year-old Wendy Alexis, she takes this goal a few steps further — racing against people the same age as her grandkids, and sometimes winning.

This year, Alexis broke multiple records, which includes running a 14.64-second time in the 100 metres of the women's 70-year-old category at the 2025 Ottawa Summer Twilight #8 meet in June.

Those speeds make Alexis — a mother of two, with two grandchildren, plus another on the way — the fastest 70-year-old woman in the world.

"I love competing, I like to beat people. It's really cool to set records, but most of it really is just this feeling of being absolutely free," Alexis told CBC Sports.

"The fundamental thing, I think, is just go out there and breath

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