Merlene Ottey, who turned 47 on May 10, has set another age record. In her outdoor season debut Saturday in Norway, she ran a hand-timed 11.4 heat and then an auto-timed 11.83 final for 100 meters — which shatters the unofficial age-47 record of 12.54 by Germany’s Karin Von Riewel in 1996. Merlene’s news page reports: “Ezinne Okparaebo of Norway won the race in 11.43 sec. — close to the Norwegian record. Merlene Ottey said: “This was an OK start for me. I am absolutely not in shape at the moment. If I only could get a little more training, my races will be faster. But I opened better than last year.” Last August, Merlene ran 11.41 for the W45 WR.
