Category: Masters

Age is just a number, right? We’re talking about an 85-year-old Hillsboro man who found his fountain of youth in swimming on #SunriseExtra.

Margarita Keymad – Gold Medal Winner at the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Masters Championships – Swimmers Uruguay

https://youtu.be/uRrUKWcahz0

This past week, South Africa’s top club swimmers were in action at the 2018 Masters Swimming Championships in Tshwane. Joining us this morning to give their rundown of this year’s Championships, we have Greg McLeroth and Kathryn Nurse from the Cape Town Masters Swimming Club.

“My mother influenced me because she could swim, and my father influenced me because he couldn’t” :-)

George Corones waited nearly 100 years for a world record, and then two came along at once. The 99-year old Queenslander, who is wary of causing too much fuss, broke his first on Wednesday last week and by Saturday he had two to his name. He hit the wall at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre…

George Corones broke the world record for 50-meter freestyle on Feb. 28, racing in the 100-104 age category. Corones is only 99 years old, but he turns 100 in April, so he is eligible to compete in over-100’s. https://youtu.be/IGWhkaEsKsU