TheMorningStar
October 20th, 2009, 01:56 PM
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Ruth Frith has taken the World Masters Games in Sydney by storm, securing a world record with her gold medal-winning shot put throw of 4.07m - a distance that would put many younger rivals to shame.
While Frith was guaranteed a gold medal because she was the only competitor in the women aged 100-104 category, the sportswoman, who doesn't drink or smoke, has attributed her longevity, and her stamina, to preparation.
The oldest female competitor at the Games trained six days a week in the run up to the event, bench-pressing 80lb weights.
The secret to her success, she said, was a life-long aversion to vegetables.
"Don't eat vegetables, because I never eat vegetables. I know people that like diets that will scream at me, (but) don't eat vegetables. I never have," she said.
I guess the 105 year olds get their own category :dontknow:
More:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/6302535/World-Masters-Games-barefoot-Santa-Claus-and-100-year-old-shot-putter-compete.html
Ruth Frith has taken the World Masters Games in Sydney by storm, securing a world record with her gold medal-winning shot put throw of 4.07m - a distance that would put many younger rivals to shame.
While Frith was guaranteed a gold medal because she was the only competitor in the women aged 100-104 category, the sportswoman, who doesn't drink or smoke, has attributed her longevity, and her stamina, to preparation.
The oldest female competitor at the Games trained six days a week in the run up to the event, bench-pressing 80lb weights.
The secret to her success, she said, was a life-long aversion to vegetables.
"Don't eat vegetables, because I never eat vegetables. I know people that like diets that will scream at me, (but) don't eat vegetables. I never have," she said.
I guess the 105 year olds get their own category :dontknow:
More:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/6302535/World-Masters-Games-barefoot-Santa-Claus-and-100-year-old-shot-putter-compete.html