World Masters Athletics Championship

In a first, a 92-year-old Indian Navy veteran has won a gold medal in a 5,000-metres race walk at the World Masters Athletics Championships being held in Perth.

News stories about older athletes are often a study of novelty. The implication that "old people" shouldn't be competing at a high level - or any level - can ring through each paragraph: The fact that they are active at all should amaze us.

In a first, a 92-year-old Indian Navy veteran has won a gold medal in a 5,000-metres race walk at the World Masters Athletics Championships being held in Perth.

News stories about older athletes are often a study of novelty. The implication that "old people" shouldn't be competing at a high level - or any level - can ring through each paragraph: The fact that they are active at all should amaze us.