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90 year old breaking world records in pole vaulting

You’d expect most 90 year olds would be chilling out with their family and friends –...
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09.00 6 Aug 2012


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90 year old breaking world rec...

90 year old breaking world records in pole vaulting

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09.00 6 Aug 2012


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You’d expect most 90 year olds would be chilling out with their family and friends – telling stories about the good old days.

But not Dr. William Bell from America.

He’s not sitting down – this 90 year old is breaking world records, in pole vaulting.

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He holds the world record for pole vault in his age group, which we’d expect is a group of just one person!

Still, this is no mean feat.

And he says he likes to practice the 218 centimetre vault – with his shirt off – in his shed in Arkansas.


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