The fastest 96-year-old woman in the world: Ottawa woman breaks 5K race record

Rejeanne Fairhead stood at the starting line in front of Ottawa's city hall on Saturday surrounded by thousands of racers who were almost all, assuredly, younger than her. But as the sun beat down on a 28 C day in the nation's capital, the 96-year-old took a deep breath and burst forward. Fifty-one minutes and nine seconds later she was a world record holder.