NY Times "Golden (and Silver) Oldies at the Olympics"

The NY Times has a short rundown, "Golden (and Silver) Oldies at the Olympics" on the older Olympians and how they performed at the games:

Constantina Tomescu-Dita, 38, Romania, gold in women's marathon;

Dana Torres, 41 United States became oldest Olympic swimming medalist;

Ian Millar, 61 Canada equestrian silver medal and oldest medalist of the Beijing Games;

Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, 49 France 4th place cycling road time trial;

Haile Satayin, 48 or 53, Israel, oldest runner in men's marathon 69th place at 2:30.07;

Luan Jujie, 50, Canada, fencing 32nd in women’s individual foil;

Iain Murray, 50, Australia 14th in keelboat racing;

Nick Skelton, 50, UK 7th team equestrian competition and 29th in the individual event;

Richard Johnson, 52, United States, archery, but didn't make the final;

Libby Callahan, 56 United States 25th in the 25-meter pistol;

Susan Nattrass, 57, Canada, oldest shooter to compete at the Beijing Games, 11th in trap-shooting;

Laurie Lever, 60, Australia, equestrian failed to qualify for the final round; and

Hiroshi Hoketsu, 67, Japan, dressage, 35th in the individual competition.

I know a few of these seem a bit young, but over all a great showing for the athletes at age.

This earlier post might also interest you: Inspiration from Beijing.

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