TAIPEI, Dec 23 — Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a...
Cheng Chen Chin-Mei, 90, lifts 45kg as she breaks her personal record at a weightlifting competition in Taipei, Taiwan December 21, 2024. — Reuters picas a first-time user . Exclusively for Malay Mail readers: Use codeTAIPEI, Dec 23 — Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a competition in Taipei.
Three generations of her family were among a couple of hundred people watching Cheng Chen and 44 others aged 70 or over in a weightlifting competition on Saturday. The government has set up fitness centres across the island with equipment suitable for older people, to encourage them to train, according to the Health Promotion Administration, which encourages healthy lifestyles.
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