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At 95 years old, Olga Kotelko could be forgiven for sitting on the sidelines as people 60 years her junior jump over poles and hurl javelins into the distance.
But this sprightly 5ft-tall Canadian joins in - in a big way.
This year she became the oldest recorded female indoor sprinter, high jumper, long jumper and triple jumper at the World Masters Athletics Championships.
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Olga now has more than 30 world records to her name and has won more than 750 gold medals.
But she says she sees herself as nothing special, describing herself "as just a plain Jane".
Olga took to the athletics track at the age of 77.
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