But bicycle racer Charles Coste is far from being the oldest living Olympic champion in the world, this title belongs to Ágnes Keleti.
Charles Coste can carry the flame of the Summer Olympics in Paris for 100 years, more than 76 years after he became Olympic champion, the insidethegames.biz portal wrote.
The sportsman, who will celebrate his hundredth birthday next week, Thursday, was a member of the French quartet that won the cyclists' pursuit team race at the 1948 London pentathlon games, and as the oldest living French Olympic champion, he was invited to the 2024 pentathlon relay.
"I'm proud, as proud as can be, and carrying the torch will be unforgettable," the website quoted the old champion as saying. "Now I have to prepare myself physically. My knees limit me, but I try to carry the flame a few meters.”
At the same time, insidethegames.biz highlighted that Charles Coste is far from being the oldest living Olympic champion in the world,
this honorary title belongs to Ágnes Keleti, the five-time pentathlon gold medalist Hungarian gymnast, who turned 103 on January 9.
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