GB Items Related to Tag - world record
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Betty JarvisBetty Jarvis walked into the Masters Indoor National Championships with a cane and walked out with a world record.
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Kazoo: The RebuttalAfter watching our coverage of the attempt to shatter a kazoo world record, a man became incensed, irate and insulted. Not by our story, but by the event itself! Did it make a mockery of great kazoo icons of the past? Here's his side.
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Nolan ShaheedOne of the fastest runners in the world also happens to be one of the best jazz trumpeters on Earth.
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Matt Damon's Uncle is the Real CelebrityNobody likes a good swim better than George Brunstad. But not many decide to set a world record for their 70th birthday.
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Flo MeilerYou think it's too late to pursue your dreams? Think again. Less than a decade after taking up the pole vault, Flo Meiler, 70, is the world record holder and she's tearing up the track records, too.
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William BellFor Dr. William Bell, breaking one pole-vaulting world record wasn’t enough – so he broke 11 all at once!
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Grandpa BellThese days, one of the top athletes in the Bell Athletics training center is Earl's Father, Dr. William "Papa" Bell. Last year at the U.S. Masters Championships in Boston, Papa Bell put on one of the most dominating performances in sports history.
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Andora QuinbyMany people take up new sports in their better years, but after turning 78, one woman decided to take up weightlifting.
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Norman OlsonWhat happens when a group of men over the age of 60 all jump out of a plane at the same time? The Sky Fossil, Norman Olson is back with a dramatic story of how close they came to a new world record, and a devastating injury.
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Lucky's Lake SwimWe're in the business of finding cool people doing remarkable things. Or remarkable people doing cool things. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is both.
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World Record Hanging By ThreadIn this day and age of high-tech, big-dollar toys, more than 2,000 people were drawn to a history museum to play with a low-tech, $4 toy that's almost half a century past its prime. The result? An event that will go down in history!
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Rich LefevreAll of us get hungry and eating is a necessary part of life so it shouldn’t be an amazing accomplishment, right? Right, unless you're Rich Lefevre, a boomer who can scarf down five pounds of birthday cake in less than 12 minutes!
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Helen BeauchampHelen Beauchamp is an 88-year-old world record and gold medal collector that likes to throw her wins away -- literally.
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Sue WalshA woman who dominated the collegiate swimming world 25 years ago is back and better than ever.
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Masters Sport StarsOlder is bolder. Check out our interviews with many of the top masters athletes in the world. These men and women are having the best times of their lives as they turn in the best times of their lives.
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Hot Dog, It's the 4th.What's for dinner? Americans will eat about 150 million hot dogs on the 4th of July, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. But the real action will be in Coney Island, New York.
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Rowdy GainesThe Olympic Games have been the definition of competitive for hundreds of years. And Rowdy Gaines has been the epitome of athletic success. He's a gold medalist, a world record holder and a member of the swimming hall of fame.
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That's Not HotPeople around the world are buzzing with the news that Paris Hilton's grandfather just made a massive cut to the celebrity's inheritance. And he's not alone! Find out how his drastic decision is in line with many baby boomers' financial plans.
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Update -- No Surgery for ShieldsGordy Shields, who at the age of 90 is one of the boldest of all the members of Growing Bolder, was forced to postpone surgery for a back problem that's been plaguing him for over a decade.
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GB's World's OldestHere's something you won't find anywhere else -- GB's exclusive collection of interviews with remarkable men and women who are the world's oldest in their activity. If you want inspiration and proof that it's never too late, here it is.
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GB Staff PicksWith hundreds of videos and radio interviews to watch and listen to here on GrowingBolder.com, it's hard to know where to start! So we thought we'd put together a list of GB staff picks for best stories on GrowingBolder.com.
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Rich AbrahamsRichard Abrahams was one of the world's best swimmers during his collegiate career in the 1960s, and amazingly, now that he's in his 60s, he is swimming faster than he ever has before!
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Rowdy GainesAfter a witnessing the greatest week in swimming history, 3-time Olympic gold medalist and NBC analyst Rowdy Gaines is dishing all the behind-the-scenes dirt to Growing Bolder.