Grandmas and Grandpas Olympic games
Matt Arone
Published
05/08/2010
Which one of these deserves to bring back the gold to the retirement home?
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Ruth Frith shows that age is no barrier when it comes to sport. -
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At the age of 100, the shot putter prepares for her latest throw at the World Masters Games. -
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Canada’s Olga Kotelko is a bit younger , she’s only 90 years old and has reportedly claimed at least 15 world records in the run-up to the Games. -
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Another swimmer, 98-year-old Margo Bates, prepares for the 100-meter backstroke. -
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Harbhajan Singh Aulakh, Indian-born but representing Australia where he now lives, competes in the 75-79 age group steeple-chase. -
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At 79, Norm Perry was the oldest participant in the baseball. -
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Australian Ralph Howard, 91, was the oldest rower there and he won gold. The Games attracted 28,292 competititors from 95 countries ranging in age from 24 to 101. -
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More than 28,000 athletes took part in the Sydney competition. They included a bearded man called O Santa Claus. He ran in the 100-meter sprint in the 80-84 age group. -
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Jack Mathieson, aged 91, poses after swimming in the 800-metre freestyle. -
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Some competitors didn’t appear to worry so much about being well-toned athletes. This woman smoked a cigarette while taking part in the bowling.
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