0:00:24 > 0:00:27Ready...set...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30..go!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Yes, yes.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37You are two seconds faster.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Normally you have four seconds.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49I only started running when I was...
0:00:49 > 0:00:5095.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56And, um...
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm 97 now and just sort of beginning to...
0:01:01 > 0:01:05to realise how much I don't know.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Our next guest, two-time world record holder for his age group
0:01:41 > 0:01:43in sprinting, four-time World Fitness Champion,
0:01:43 > 0:01:4640 gold medals for World Masters Rowing.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49He didn't begin sprinting until he was 95. That's right, 95.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51He is now 97, he is a phenomenon,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55although he doesn't like you saying that. He's Charles Eugster.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Charles, good to see you. - Delighted to be here.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00OK. Stand by.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Whenever you're ready, do your thing, Charles.- OK.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09This is Charles Eugster,
0:02:09 > 0:02:13one of the most famous senior athletes in the world.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Yet his dream to become a sprinter only began two years ago.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21We meet in France at the World Masters Championship.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It's like the Olympics - but for senior athletes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32He's in a category for people aged 95-100 and his opponent is this man,
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Frederico Fischer - the oldest and fastest sprinter in the world.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53SHE SHOUTS
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- PA SYSTEM:- And our new World Champion, Charles Eugster!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Charles says beating Fischer is one of the best moments of his life.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Suddenly, he's doing photo shoots,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11TV interviews and he's got a book deal.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17So, do you enjoy being considered the fittest OAP in the world?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Oh, of course.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Well, it's simply because, as I say, I'm consumed by vanity.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Being old is one of the most wonderful, sensational,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34glorious, fantastic,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38exciting parts of your whole life.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44The next outdoor championship is set to take place in Perth, Australia.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Charles is promoting his book on tips for longevity,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and says he's too busy to go.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54That leaves the door open for a new generation to make their own names
0:03:54 > 0:03:56as sprinting legends.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59In a little less than six weeks' time,
0:03:59 > 0:04:04our very own 92-year-old athlete, Jim Sinclair, will be heading
0:04:04 > 0:04:07to Perth to race for victory in the men's 100 metres sprint.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32The Chinese delegation is sending Zhiyong Wang,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36a long-distance runner who's also new to sprinting.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And from the United States - Dixon Hemphill,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43who has the slowest recorded time at 28 seconds...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45but extreme stamina.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Well, I've won most of the races in my age group.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Would you say you're quite competitive?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Yeah, definitely competitive. Yeah. I think most runners are.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I don't think they'd be out there if they weren't.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I've run 12 marathons,
0:05:21 > 0:05:2560 triathlons, and hundreds of rowing races.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Over 40 years, you can run a lot of races.
0:05:34 > 0:05:41I didn't find any 90-year-olds until I got into the national meets.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45The local meets don't have any 90-year-olds around here.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Now I'm going into a world meet where there's real competition.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Wow! The time is fast. Is that right?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Sinclair, James....
0:05:58 > 0:06:0019.89.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Delgado...
0:06:04 > 0:06:0819.76. D-E-L-G-A-D-O.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Just write that down here, please.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I've put down...
0:06:15 > 0:06:20..28 seconds, which is the slowest by far of these.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Hugo is the fastest. The time was 19.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25That's awfully fast.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The win's not everything.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55But it's nice. It's not everything.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59If you're going there with just...
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Just a single thought that, "I've got to win," well...
0:09:03 > 0:09:05No.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07You'd like to win.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12What you've got to do is just do the best you can on the day.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Everything's got to be absolutely perfect
0:09:26 > 0:09:29for you to run your absolute best.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Hugo Delgado from Peru,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41yes, he's a very good runner.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- Have you ever beaten him before? - No.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Perfect.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50That's what...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Mr Delgado is.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54A champion.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Right at the last little bit, he just went...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Right at the last little bit.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12What was your time, Jim?
0:10:12 > 0:10:1419.89.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19How was that in relation to the other ones?
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Not a great deal. 0.15 or something like that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:260.15 of a second? That's nothing!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30No. The photograph says it's crossing the line,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33all their feet are on the one line.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Jim, what would it mean to you to beat Hugo this year?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Well...
0:10:48 > 0:10:51You've reached as good as you can be.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54You've won the World Championship.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56And it's...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Yeah... No, it would be a good feeling.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Well, I think it would be a good feeling. I've never won one!
0:11:07 > 0:11:09HE LAUGHS
0:13:25 > 0:13:29You can learn something new at any age,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33and you can start a new life at any age.
0:13:33 > 0:13:41And you have nothing to lose except the chains of convention.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46What a 97-year-old record-breaker can teach us about getting older.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Thank you very much.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53I'm running for my life.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Amongst other things.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06I certainly believe that
0:14:06 > 0:14:10if I was no longer running that my health would deteriorate.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Quite simple.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- How quickly do you think it would deteriorate?- Oh, very fast.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25They say one of the great advantages
0:14:25 > 0:14:27of old age is that you die quicker.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36That... You see, if you do get...
0:14:36 > 0:14:41if you get seriously ill in old age,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44you deteriorate very fast.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- How does that feel? - It feels great!
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It feels great.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Is it a bit scary to feel like you can't stop?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Oh, no. Not at all.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Not at all.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06There are only two things that are sure in life,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and one of them is death and the other are taxes.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Perfect.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58That's me when I was younger.
0:17:00 > 0:17:0218, I suppose.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09And that's my wife when we were first married.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Best thing that ever happened to me.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18That's a more recent photo.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20That's her sitting on the back.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25We got married in 1947.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- INDISTINCT - I get a bit...
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Still. Still a bit emotional.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52I suppose I thought we were both just going to go on for ever.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54How long ago did she die?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Five years. Yeah.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02The night before my birthday, so... Yeah.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06She always used to say,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08"You think you're Peter Pan.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12"You think you're going to last for ever."
0:18:12 > 0:18:14And I suppose I did.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18You don't think about...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24..what's going to happen at the end of the trail. And why would you?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27I'd had a cough for well over a year,
0:18:27 > 0:18:32and my time started to lengthen out a bit.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34So that's why they did X-rays first.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42And that's-that's it down there, I think.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47- What is that? - That's a shadow on the lung.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I made the mistake of looking at it on Google.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54That's a big mistake.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I wish I hadn't looked at it now.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Because it's...it's terminal.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04There's no cure. And...
0:19:04 > 0:19:08the end stages aren't something to look forward to.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Because you end up that you can't breathe.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24The thing is, you try to just keep,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28as I said, keep doing what you're doing. And I'm doing that.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32And if I get beaten it won't be an excuse.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Because I'm a firm believer,
0:19:38 > 0:19:42in any competition, if you go into the competition, you go in there
0:19:42 > 0:19:48knowing that if you've got something wrong with you, you don't expect
0:19:48 > 0:19:53any advantages or people to be soft on you or anything else.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08If you're on the track...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11everything's equal.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I swing my legs back and forth a little.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24In the 100,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28the runners in their 90s are going to run in the same way.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30You're running along, you see a man beside you,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33you want to get ahead of him, if you can.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50The World Championship in Australia is just a few weeks away.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53All the sprinters in the 90-95-year-old age group
0:20:53 > 0:20:56are training hard for the 100 metres.
0:21:03 > 0:21:08In London, Charles, who's 97, has turned his attention to a new sport.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Five, four, three, two, one.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17In the middle, down.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18One.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- VOICEOVER:- I would never compete for the sake of competing.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I would compete in order to win.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29I like to be a winner.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Five, four, three, two, one.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35OK, change.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38This is Sylvia, Charles' Austrian coach.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Quick, quick, hop, hop, hop. Higher, up. Your heels, up, up.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47She used to be an international gymnast and she's very competitive.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52She encourages Charles to stay focused and think big.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57And look on this side, look to me, look to this side.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Bigger steps.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Charles wants to show how much he can achieve at such a late stage
0:22:02 > 0:22:05in life. He wants to be exceptional
0:22:05 > 0:22:09so he's decided to start something new and very rare at his age -
0:22:09 > 0:22:10the long jump.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12OK, ready.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Hop. Ja.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Und jetzt ein bissel..
0:22:19 > 0:22:23More energy, more power.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27His aim is to break the indoor world record of 2.05 metres.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30He's not going to the Masters Championship in Australia
0:22:30 > 0:22:34but he is going to the Indoor World Championship in South Korea,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36where he has his best shot at the record.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Go, go, go, go, go.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Yes!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46More power.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Arms.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Maybe we both are crazy, a little bit crazy.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56But...you see, it's possible.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59If I told somebody half a year ago
0:22:59 > 0:23:05that I'm starting long jump with a 97-year-old guy,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09everybody touch their brain and say, "Oh, you cannot do it."
0:23:09 > 0:23:14And why? Why should I not do it? It's possible, you see it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18This is the world record.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Don't get smaller in your steps.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Perfect, yeah.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30OK.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37You can take a drink and then we go to the mat.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45In public, Charles can be a bit of a showman.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48But at home it's different.
0:23:48 > 0:23:5120 years ago, he retired from his job as a dentist.
0:23:51 > 0:23:5415 years ago, he became a widow.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Since then, he's lived alone.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59And when he isn't training with Sylvia
0:23:59 > 0:24:02he often spends his time by himself in the flat.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08I once asked him if anything could sway his passion for sport
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and he said the only thing that might have an effect
0:24:11 > 0:24:14would be finding love again.
0:24:16 > 0:24:23I'm looking at a dating agency.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27I'd like to point out that...
0:24:27 > 0:24:32my age groups are seriously disadvantaged.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35We get no jobs.
0:24:35 > 0:24:41And the other thing is we've got no girlfriends because dating agencies
0:24:41 > 0:24:43only produce...
0:24:43 > 0:24:46young girls up to the age of 70.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59Well, here's somebody. For example, she is 67.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03She says she has a normal figure. Now, that's, of course...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Nobody really knows what that means.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11No, I don't think that one is too old to fall in love.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Not at all.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17What do you think love at 97 would look like?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20HE LAUGHS
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Look, I...
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I have no idea.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29I've never been 97 before in my life.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33So I have no experience.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Therefore I cannot say.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44If I know him, he...
0:25:44 > 0:25:47he is always looking...
0:25:47 > 0:25:52a little bit for a relationship, for his heart.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56And focus only up...
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Yes!
0:26:02 > 0:26:07I'm really worried a little bit when he finds the moment
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and fell in really big love again
0:26:11 > 0:26:14to...
0:26:14 > 0:26:20to change his mind for the training, for the competition.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27Or he don't have so much time or so much focus to...
0:26:29 > 0:26:32..to bring these performances.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Maybe it can interfere with all his goals.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44OK, let me explain.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46This blue line
0:26:46 > 0:26:52is the best distance he jumped... 1.29.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55And this, here...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I can put another blue one here.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07This here should be the world record.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10So... OK.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Go, go, go, go, go, go!
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Jump! Yes! This was...
0:27:22 > 0:27:26This would be... Das war gut.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Das ware der Weltrekord.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34- Ja, nicht ganz.- Oh, ja. Ich hoff', da is ein bissel mehr, ne?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Confirmed in my mind.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45What's confirmed?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50That he can do it in South Korea.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16REPORTER: There's been a bit of a post-Olympic lull
0:28:16 > 0:28:18but now a new group of competitors are gearing up
0:28:18 > 0:28:20for the next major international tournament.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23And this time they're all senior athletes.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27In the coming weeks, Perth is hosting
0:28:27 > 0:28:30the World Masters Athletics Championship,
0:28:30 > 0:28:34and thousands of seniors from nearly 100 countries will be competing.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Louise Ronan reports...
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- PA SYSTEM:- Welcome to the Perth World Masters Championship.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Today, we have the men's 10K race about to start on track.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21STARTING PISTOL
0:29:28 > 0:29:31INAUDIBLE
0:29:48 > 0:29:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:09 > 0:30:10It's a long journey to Australia
0:30:10 > 0:30:13from just about every other country in the world.
0:30:13 > 0:30:18And I've never been sure all the men in the 100 metres would make it.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20And in the end, my worry proves right.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26When I land in Perth, I receive an e-mail from Dixon's wife.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31She says Dixon isn't well and has gone into hospital.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35He will make a good recovery, but he won't make it to Perth.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48You can't go through life without getting something wrong with you.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54Who knows? You know, you'll sit down there and you're sitting down there
0:30:54 > 0:30:57with six other fellas and you can bet pounds to peanuts
0:30:57 > 0:30:59they've all got something wrong.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Take it easy, don't overdo it.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14INDISTINCT, BREATHLESS REPLY
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Eh?
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Just go for a bit of a walk, if you want.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29Jim doesn't know how to give up. He's a fighter.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32He's done it for too long to give up.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11HE LAUGHS
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Who's your main competition, do you think, for this one?
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Oh, definitely Delgado.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Hugo Delgado from Peru.
0:32:39 > 0:32:45Because he won last year, so he's definitely the hardest one to beat.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49I always like to win.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's not the end of the world,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56but I like to win and I'm disappointed when I don't win.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01When you've got three or four people
0:33:01 > 0:33:04that are possibly equal in abilities,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07it's just what happens on the day.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12And the winner, Hugo Delgado from Peru.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14HE WHISTLES
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Charles and Sylvia arrive in Daegu, South Korea,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43ready to attempt the world record in the long jump.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I only started running at 95.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04In old age, start something new, learn something new,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08always learning, because it affects your brain.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13He likes to have media always
0:34:13 > 0:34:17and the people now came to us and say,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20"Oh, can we have an interview with you?"
0:34:20 > 0:34:23And he says, "Yes, yes, of course you can have."
0:34:23 > 0:34:29No, they don't can have it. They can have it after the long jump.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32But he says, "Yeah, come."
0:34:32 > 0:34:36And then he loses focus on the championship.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Ready?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- VOICEOVER:- Because we want to have success here.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53I think it would be OK. Try now a little jump, only a little one.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56But jump.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Do you think all this publicity you're getting
0:35:20 > 0:35:22- might help you get a woman?- Yes.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26What I personally am hoping for is that all this publicity
0:35:26 > 0:35:29will generate interest.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Older Masters female athletes.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44I believe that it's possible to have something approaching a beach body
0:35:44 > 0:35:46at the age of 90.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51But in the old age group
0:35:51 > 0:35:54there's nothing that looks attractive at all.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Is that disappointing?
0:36:00 > 0:36:01Yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Look at this. God!
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I don't want to be rude, but...
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Jesus Christ.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Of course it's disappointing. It's terribly disappointing.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18What about her with her arms in the air?
0:36:18 > 0:36:22- This one?- Mm-hm.- Oh, come on!
0:36:25 > 0:36:27I thought you meant this one.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31I mean, she's got a terrific body,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33but she's not 90.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36When you come to these championships,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- do you always kind of keep an eye out for...?- Why, of course.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Not only at the championships,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44keep my eyes open all the time.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19I think he will feel a little bit the pressure.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22That he has to...
0:37:22 > 0:37:24to win.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30It's every time the same, if you...
0:37:30 > 0:37:36if you are of a certain level of performance,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40then to bring it always again, this high performance,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42it's much more difficult.
0:37:42 > 0:37:48If you came from somewhere else and then you go up, that's easy.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51But if you are in this high level,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54then it's difficult to hold this level.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59I believe that he can do it.
0:38:00 > 0:38:06But then he has to take his finger out of his ass and do something.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- PA SYSTEM:- Next, we have the men's 100 metres final.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Superstar!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00OK, gentlemen, follow me, please.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10APPLAUSE
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Lane two, Zhiyong Wang from China.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33James Sinclair from Australia.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35James, can you stand here for me, please?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Hugo Antonio aqui, por favor.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Aqui, aqui.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02On your marks...
0:42:14 > 0:42:15STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:43:34 > 0:43:36- Come and sit down and have a rest. - Come and have a seat, guys.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Have a sit down.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:43:54 > 0:43:58The silver medal is presented to James Sinclair,
0:43:58 > 0:44:02representing Australia, with a time of 20.61.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09The World Champion and gold medallist, representing Peru,
0:44:09 > 0:44:13Antonio Hugo Delgado Flores.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34Delgado gets him every time, just.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38One of these days, he'll get him.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Do you think he'll beat Delgado one day?
0:44:41 > 0:44:44If you ask Jim, he'll probably say, "No, he's too good."
0:44:44 > 0:44:46I would like to think he will.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51It's not any good complaining, just got to take things as they happen.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57No, I'm satisfied.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01I'll sleep well tonight.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09I'll rephrase that - I'm not really satisfied!
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Cos I like to win!
0:46:30 > 0:46:34I don't think that anybody over the age of 85
0:46:34 > 0:46:36had even attempted the long jump.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40There's not even anybody at the age of 90
0:46:40 > 0:46:47that has attempted the long jump in the whole of the United Kingdom.
0:48:15 > 0:48:22DIALOGUE INAUDIBLE
0:49:59 > 0:50:05INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Charles hasn't broken the world record but,
0:50:20 > 0:50:24as he has no competitors, he is, nonetheless, World Champion.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29I like to be a winner.
0:50:30 > 0:50:38But the most important thing that happened to me was I met this...
0:50:38 > 0:50:43this young girl from
0:50:43 > 0:50:46Kansas, in the United States,
0:50:46 > 0:50:49who is only 79 years old.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54And she was there and she's looking
0:50:54 > 0:50:59and then I offered her the chair next to Charles, yeah,
0:50:59 > 0:51:02and she sat down and it happens!
0:51:02 > 0:51:09They're both talking and all these things and, yeah, it was...
0:51:09 > 0:51:11it was really nice.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14I'm 79.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Yeah. I know, you're a young girl.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Got your whole life ahead of you.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Well, I don't know. That is great.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Life begins at 90!
0:51:26 > 0:51:30- VOICEOVER:- And, believe it or not,
0:51:30 > 0:51:34she gave me three kisses on the cheek.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Wow!
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- You're a wonderful girl. - Oh, well, thank you.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48And is this your daughter?
0:51:48 > 0:51:50No, that's my coach.
0:51:50 > 0:51:55- That's your cousin? - That's my coach.- Oh, your coach!
0:51:55 > 0:51:58Oh, my gosh! You have a... Well, you're lucky.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02- You have a nice, cute little coach. - Yeah, well, she...
0:52:02 > 0:52:05- VOICEOVER:- Caroline, this woman from Kansas,
0:52:05 > 0:52:10she runs two seconds faster the 60 metres than Charles.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14Maybe I can...
0:52:14 > 0:52:15I can use her as...
0:52:18 > 0:52:21..as something to give him some pressure.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23SHE LAUGHS
0:52:26 > 0:52:27Just a moment!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32- You can kiss him, Caroline! - OK, I can.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36- OK.- Yay!
0:52:37 > 0:52:41You know, I just basically don't... We don't want to fall.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43I have a race tomorrow, you know?
0:52:43 > 0:52:48Yes, I know. I appreciate that but you are such an elastic person.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50You are not a faller!
0:52:50 > 0:52:54- I hope not.- No, of course not. When did you last fall?
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- When you practice, do you practice balance?- No, I don't. I should.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02This is how you balance yourself and run in place, all right?
0:53:02 > 0:53:06- Concentrate.- OK.- All right.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Now, I've got to think about it.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Balance. All right, that's good for your balance.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18I don't think I can do that.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Wait a minute, I got to get my balance again.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26All right. All right.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Oh, here.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33You've shown me something very important now.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39- Balance.- Yep.- Balance.- Balance.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44That's really good for you.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45Balance.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53- God, you're great! - See?
0:54:04 > 0:54:06That's good for you.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16What did you like about her?
0:54:16 > 0:54:22Oh, well, what I liked about her was the fact that she seemed to like me,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25that's what I liked about her.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32I have so many different plans and ideas
0:54:32 > 0:54:37that, obviously, I would like to share with somebody.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45Doing something new, doing something different...
0:54:45 > 0:54:50creating new ideas, and it would be, obviously,
0:54:50 > 0:54:56of enormous benefit if there were, um...
0:54:58 > 0:55:01..somebody else with me to do it.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20Back from Korea, Charles mainly wanted to talk about Caroline
0:55:20 > 0:55:23and was making plans to see her again.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26He was also still in training for the long jump.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33But a month later, I received a phone call.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Charles had been visiting London to attend a conference.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39While there, he had suffered a heart attack.
0:55:39 > 0:55:43He was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46Two days later, he died.
0:55:46 > 0:55:47BELL TOLLS
0:56:00 > 0:56:05Being born and dying is...part of life.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12I just have to take one day at a time
0:56:12 > 0:56:14and that's it.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Because I find life so enjoyable.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40He was part of my life.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46But it's good for him because he...
0:56:46 > 0:56:50..he goes away without pain,
0:56:50 > 0:56:52and healthy.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56It's...
0:56:56 > 0:57:00it's this thing what he always,
0:57:00 > 0:57:02always told us.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Move and live
0:57:07 > 0:57:10until you go,
0:57:10 > 0:57:12you have to pass.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20He enjoyed his life.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57# If everything you heard was something familiar
0:57:57 > 0:58:01# How long before the boredom kills ya?
0:58:01 > 0:58:05# How long before we go insane?
0:58:05 > 0:58:09# How long before we take the next train?
0:58:09 > 0:58:13# If everything you saw was something familiar
0:58:13 > 0:58:17# How long before monotony kills ya?
0:58:17 > 0:58:21# Maybe it's time to step outside
0:58:21 > 0:58:25# You see, the only thing permanent is change
0:58:25 > 0:58:27# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:27 > 0:58:29# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:29 > 0:58:31# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:31 > 0:58:33# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:36 > 0:58:38# Is change
0:58:41 > 0:58:43# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:43 > 0:58:45# La, la, la, la, la
0:58:45 > 0:58:47- # Is change - La, la, la, la, la
0:58:47 > 0:58:49# La, la, la, la, la... #