Bermudan rides into record books
China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-11 07:48
HONG KONG: Bermudan horseman Sandy Mitchell proved this week that you do not have to be a spring chicken to compete in a world-class sporting event.
On Tuesday at the Sha Tin equestrian arena in Hong Kong, the 64-year-old became the oldest athlete at the Beijing Paralympics, when he competed against 12 other dressage riders in the Grade 1a Individual Champion Test.
On his mount, 16-year-old chestnut gelding Highland Fling, Mitchell performed a series of walking and trotting manoeuvres in front of a crowd of about 4,000 spectators.
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