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Former paratrooper Ian Winship sets 'world best' for 10km at 90

Ninety-year-old Ian Winship recently completed a ten-kilometer race in Scotland alongside his daughter Fiona and grandson Kyle, clocking a time that organizers designated as a new M90 category world best. The nonagenarian veteran, who maintains his fitness by walking twenty thousand daily steps and previously served as a paratrooper and steeplejack, finished the local course in just over an hour to surpass the previous British mark established two decades prior.

Local officials offered widespread praise for the accomplishment, while the runner's grandson highlighted how participating in these athletic events helps provide purpose and companionship following the loss of his wife. Although paramedics offered a wheelchair immediately following the finish, the accomplished senior declined the assistance and expressed amazement at earning such international recognition.