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How this 100-year-old is 'enjoying life' by competing in athletics
Key takeaways
- Allan Martin at the 2023 Australian Masters Games in Adelaide.
- He was the only one competing in his age category in the race.
- The centenarian only began training seriously after retiring from television in his 60s, saying athletics gave him "another challenge" later in life.
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Allan Martin at the 2023 Australian Masters Games in Adelaide. (Creative Commons)
Link copied Share Share article Allan Martin recently blew out the candles on the cake at his 100th birthday party on Sydney's northern beaches.
But the former award-winning journalist and television executive almost certainly has the lung capacity of someone decades younger — just last year he sprinted 100 metres in 28.70 seconds to win gold in the over 95s age group at the Australian Masters Games in Canberra.
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