Hilarious video shows seniors taking a tumble during 'Grandparents Race'

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Dozens of senior citizens hit the track for the second-ever "Grandparents Race" held in a US city - with a few face-planting along the way.  The annual event, in its second year running, was held at the Emeralds Down racetrack in Auburn, near Tacoma, Washington, USA, on Sunday (30/06).   Divided into two groups - grandmas and grandpas - the seniors sprinted off from the starting blocks as best they could, aiming to reach the finish line.  Some grandparents quickly toppled on their way and didn't quite make it to the end, but no one's grandma or grandpa was seriously injured.  The winners received their trophies atop a pedestal with second and third place stood on either side.

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00:00And here we go. And grandma's away.

00:04And we've got a couple of them out front sprinting away.

00:07That's a grandma on the inside and a grandma on the outside,

00:11but we got a grandma running clear.

00:14How about it?

00:30We are here in the winner's circle.

00:36This is the winner's circle.

00:38Alka wins the grandma's race to one second and Mary third.

00:45Alka, congratulations.

00:47You had a beautiful stride out there right from the beginning.

00:50Well, thank you so much.

00:51I really wasn't expecting to run, but I really enjoyed it.

00:57You have run before, and you've got bragging rights in the family for a while.

01:02Your husband was out there, too, in the grandpa's division, and it looks like he's okay.

01:08Yes, we are praying for him.

01:09He did not actually stretch before the race.

01:14He's smiling right now, but Alka's our champ of the grandma's race.

01:20Tawan was second.

01:22Happy birthday, Tawan.

01:24Great run by you as well.

01:25Thank you very much.

01:27It was fun.

01:28And you got a nice T-shirt on, too.

01:30Grandma is my name.

01:32Mary, congratulations for a great effort as well.

01:36Thank you.

01:37You outran a lot of thoroughbreds out there.

01:39Alka wins the women's race once again.

01:43Congratulations, Alka.

01:45And grandpa's away, and they're off like a shot.

01:53We got one down already, but the grandpa, oh, we lost another one or two, but right

01:58in the middle of the racetrack, we had a runaway winner grandpa.

02:01How about it?

02:03It's the eye of the tiger.

02:06It's the thrill of the fight.

02:08Rising up to the challenge of our rival.

02:12And the last known survivor.

02:14Stalks his prey in the night.

02:16And the unfortunate love is here.

02:21Ernie Hutchinson is our winner of the grandpa's race.

02:30This is the second grandpa's race in world history.

02:33You're going in the record books, and Ernie won it.

02:37Congratulations.

02:38You've raced before.

02:40Nope, not me.

02:42Nope, not since high school years ago.

02:45Okay, kind of like Steve Butler last year's winner.

02:48He was coming off a 50-year layoff.

02:51And Randall's here for a second.

02:53Randy Hernandez, did you have a good time today, Randy?

02:56Oh, yeah, this was a great time.

02:57I mean, they made me come back for this.

02:59Because we saw this last year when he won.

03:01And I said, you know what, I've got to do that next year.

03:03So I'm back.

03:05Hey, we've got Robert came up from Palmdale, California,

03:08to run in this.

03:09There's Robert.

03:1167 years old.

03:13I'll be 68 in August.

03:15Yeah.

03:17Yeah, Ernie's got a few years less on it.

03:20And Daro, great run by you.

03:22You beat a whole bunch of them out there.

03:24Thank you very much.

03:26Okay, how about your running experience?

03:28This is my first time running.

03:30Okay, there's confidence to all of us for next year.

03:33A lot of first-time runners.

03:35But Ernie is our grandpa winner at Emerald Downs.

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