Oly: Tomkins in elite group of Olympic oldies

AAP Sports News (Australia), July, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 07-31-2008 Oly: Tomkins in elite group of Olympic oldies By Mark Oakley PARIS, July 31 AFP - Time and tide wait for no man, or do they? Australian rowing legend James Tomkins joins an elite group of Beijing-bound athletes who are showing that getting older does not rule out Olympic participation at the highest level. Tomkins, who is chasing a fourth gold medal and turns 43 at his sixth Olympics, French cyclist Jeannie Longo, Ethiopian-born Israeli Haile Satayin, who runs in the marathon, Japanese equestrian ace Hiroshi Hoketsu, American swimmer Dara Torres and Canadian shooter Susan Nattrass will be among the more senior athletes at the Beijing Games. Longo clinched a place to compete in her seventh Olympics at the age...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement