Indeed, so leisurely was his pace that Bolt could have run his world record of 9.58 four times, or practically completed a 400 metres race - a fact not lost on Miyazaki.

“I want to make it in 35 to 36 seconds”, he said. “I started shedding tears during the race because I was going so slowly”, he tells AFP.

A 105-year-old Japanese man has broken his own record as the world’s oldest competitive sprinter but said he is unhappy with his time.

But the best part of the whole thing… he busted out the LIGHTNING BOLT celebration after he crossed the finish line… a tribute to Usain Bolt.

Miyazaki’s daughter Kiyono added her father had not been sleeping well leading up to this year’s Kyoto Masters competition, experiencing pain in his legs. “The doctors gave me a medical examination a couple of days ago and I’m fit as a fiddle”.

Even though his doctor told him that track and field was too much for someone his age, Miyazaki refuses to stop, saying he runs because it’s good for his health and for a gold medal.

“I will say this: I’m proud of my health”, he said.

The Golden Bolt had set a previous record in 2013, at the age of 103, running the 100m in 34.10 seconds. “I will now have to start working out more with this result”, he said. There was a call about it but I was out and he left without meeting me. “You have to keep going”. But the Jamaican has an extra edge: Miyazaki loses valuable seconds as he can not hear the starter’s gun. Pellmann also became the first centenarian to clear the bar in a high jump (.90 meters, just shy of three feet), in addition to discus, long jump and shot put records.

He then went on to compete in the Asia Masters Athletics Championships in Kitakani, Japan last year at 104 years old, finishing in 34.61 seconds.