At 101, Fred Winter could give Usain Bolt a run for his medals! One day before Bolt won the 100-meter race in just 9.81 seconds at the Rio Olympics, Fred Winter thrilled the crowd at the Michigan Senior Olympics by completing the same race in just over a minute, according to the Oakland Press. "Believe it or not, I'm up to 100 pushups right now," the World War II Navy veteran said proudly. "You have to do them fast. If you just do them slow, you won't make it." When he wasn’t competing, the Holland, Michigan, man was escorted around the games...
- 8/15/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
At 101, Fred Winter could give Usain Bolt a run for his medals! One day before Bolt won the 100-meter race in just 9.81 seconds at the Rio Olympics, Fred Winter thrilled the crowd at the Michigan Senior Olympics by completing the same race in just over a minute, according to the Oakland Press. "Believe it or not, I'm up to 100 pushups right now," the World War II Navy veteran said proudly. "You have to do them fast. If you just do them slow, you won't make it." When he wasn’t competing, the Holland, Michigan, man was escorted around the games...
- 8/15/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
In a little over 72 hours ‘the greatest show on turf’ will begin and for four days the normally tranquil Cotswolds will be transformed in to a raucous hotbed of emotion that you will rarely see rivalled in sport.
The Cheltenham festival has increasingly become the sole focus of so much of the national hunt season and this year’s festival is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best ever.
There are angles and stories galore going into a week of the year that can make or break man and beast, so allow me to take you on an alphabetised tour of what you can look forward to as the Cheltenham Festival 2012 kicks off next week.
A is for Alastair Down, Channel 4’s very own ‘Fat Owl’ is always a highlight during Cheltenham week. His wry look back at the previous day’s more unusual moments is...
The Cheltenham festival has increasingly become the sole focus of so much of the national hunt season and this year’s festival is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best ever.
There are angles and stories galore going into a week of the year that can make or break man and beast, so allow me to take you on an alphabetised tour of what you can look forward to as the Cheltenham Festival 2012 kicks off next week.
A is for Alastair Down, Channel 4’s very own ‘Fat Owl’ is always a highlight during Cheltenham week. His wry look back at the previous day’s more unusual moments is...
- 3/10/2012
- by Gareth Bunkham
- Obsessed with Film
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