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Va. Beach man, 95, breaks two records for age group at Senior Olympics

10:30 PM EDT on Friday, July 6, 2007

Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- A 95-year-old retired podiatrist from Virginia Beach set two world records for his age group at the Summer National Senior Games -- without any special training.

Robert Stewart's mark of 6 feet 9 inches in the long jump broke the old record by nearly a foot. He also tossed a 6.6-pound ball 22 feet 3 inches, bettering the old mark by more than 5 inches, during last week's competition in Louisville, Ky.

"Not bad for an old guy," Stewart said.

"What really felt good, though, is when they put my score on the scoreboard and I could see I did better than someone who is 75," he said. "But my boys kept saying, `Imagine what you could have done if you trained."'

Imagine.

Stewart's weekly routine includes three trips to the gym for about an hour of push-ups, crunches and weightlifting. He can outrun his 61-year-old son John. And he's been known to tackle relatives at an annual Thanksgiving football game.

"We don't see him as a frail old man," said John. "And he wouldn't let us."

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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