New Delhi: A 94-year-old athlete, Bhagwani Devi Dagar clinched the gold medal in the 100m sprint race at the World Masters Athletics championships 2022 in Finland. She also earned a bronze medal for the county in the shot put event.
The nonagenarian athlete completed the distance in 24.74 seconds to cross the line before anyone could.
Bhagwani Devi had won three gold medals at the National Masters Athletics Championships in Chennai and had thus earned the right to represent India at the World Masters Athletics Championships.
The World Masters Athletics Championships is a meet for athletes above the age of 35. The competition categorizes the participants into an age band of 5 years.
Another veteran athlete from India, a former MLA from the state of Kerala, MJ Jacob clinched two bronze medals at the World Masters Athletics Championships as well.
The senior CPM party leader from Piravom bagged his medals in the 200m hurdles and 80m hurdles events in the M80 category, held for athletes between 80 years of age and 84 years of age.