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At 74, he started running. At 91, he’s a marathoner
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Mr Koichi Kitabatake, 91, will be the oldest runner in this year's New York Marathon.
PHOTO: GRAHAM DICKIE/NYTIMES
Taylor Robinson
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NEW YORK – To stay healthy in his retirement years, Mr Koichi Kitabatake swam every week at a gym near his home in Yokohama, Japan.
But after undergoing cataract surgery at 74, his doctor forbade him from swimming because the risk of infection was too high.
