2016 World Athletics Championships, held in the sunny and beautiful Perth, Australia. Where nearly 5000 Athletes gathered to compete. Here are a selection of the some of the videos you the athletes have gathered and posted.
Li Yiben breaks 5,000-meter Asian record for age group! China’s Li Yiben’s ran a superb performance of 28:06 to finish 5,000 meters, breaking the Asian record for 5,000-meter race in the 80-year-old group. Li did it in a track and field event in Huainan of east China’s Anhui Province on April 3. He was competing […]
Ace athlete Man Kaur recently turned a whole 105 years. Her feet still run stable and her spirit is unbreakable. As someone who came into the challenging world of sports at the age of 93, and has since gone on to conquer several records and world championships, Kaur personifies – in mind, body and spirit […]
Corry Collins was 55 when she took up running — 29 years on she’s still setting Australian and world athletics records. The now 84-year-old holds the 400m Australian record for women in her age group, but was recently talked into running an 800m relay by her friends to set a new world record. “I took […]
Age is just a number for 89-year-old Daisy Victor. Still going strong, the Tamil Nadu lady has participated in over 20 international meets, 36 national meets, 59 district meets, and has won 414 medals. In 2018, she added another feather to her cap by winning the bronze medal at World Masters Athletics Championships for shot […]