Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E rua ngā kaitākaro amateur i whakamātauria he tau noa iho te pakeke i a rāua e whawhai ana i te whiringa toa o te whakataetae 60m i te European Veterans' Athletics Championships. Ko te kaitakaro Poari, ko Stanislaw Kowalski, 104, i uru ki te whakataetae o tenei wiki ki a Charles Eugster 95-tau-tau o Rānana. I whakahaerehia te whakataetae i roto i te whare i Torun, Poland, a i riro i a Mr Eugster i roto i te waa whakamiharo o 14.56 hēkona. Kāore a Mr Kowalski i whai whakangungu ngaio, engari i pau te nuinga o tōna oranga e haereere ana, e eke paihikara ana rānei ki te mahi. Ka tū ngā kaiwhakataetae e rua i te taha o tētahi ki te taha i te tīmatanga o te whakataetae, ā, ka tatari ki te pū tīmatanga. Ko Mr Kowalski <unk> e pupuri ana i te rekoata mo te tangata pakeke rawa i Uropi ki te rere i te 100m dash i roto i te 32.79 hēkona <unk> oti te whakataetae i roto i te wa o te 20.27 hēkona. I whānau mai ia ki Swidnica, Poland i te tau 1910, i tīmata a Mr Kowalski ki te omaoma i te 13 tau ki muri, ā, e tuku ana i tōna hauora me tōna kaha ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa e pai ana ki a ia, ā, kāore rawa ia i haere ki te tākuta. Ko Mr Eugster, i tīmata i te hākinakina o te omaoma i te tau kua pahure ake nei, i pakaru tata nei i te rekoata o te ao 200m sprint indoor mo te hunga 95 tau neke atu ranei. I oti i a Mr Kowalski rāua ko Mr Eugster te whakataetae i roto i te 20.27 hēkona me te 14.56 hēkona, ā, ā. Ka whakaatuhia mai i te whakaaturanga o te huihuinga a Mr Kowalski e totoro ana, e pupuhi ana i ona ringa, e mahi ana i etahi hikoi ngawari i a ia e whakamahana ana me tana kaiwhakaako. Ka mea ia: <unk>Kei te rere tonu ahau, 100m, 200m me 1000m.' I te taha o tana hoa whakataetae, ka tatari ia mo te pupuhi tīmatanga i mua i te putanga o te tokorua ki te mahi me te rere i te roa o te ara ki te whakaoti i te whakataetae. Ko te kaitakaro Polish (maui) e kii ana kua tiimata tana oma hei mahi whakangahau i te 92 o ona tau. Ka tū te tokorua whai pūkenga i te taha o tētahi ki tētahi i te mutunga o te whakataetae, ā, ka tū ki mua i ngā kaitango whakaahua. Ka mutu te riipene ataata me te tu tahi o te tokorua i mua o nga kaitango whakaahua me te whakaahua i a raatau. Kāore a Mr Kowalski i whiwhi i tētahi whakangungu ngaio, engari i pau i a ia te nuinga o tōna oranga e haereere ana, e eke paihikara ana rānei i ngā maero e ono ki te mahi. E kī ana ia i tīmata ia ki te rere hei hākinakina i a ia e 92, ā, kua...
Ko Stanislaw Kowalski o Poland, 104, i oti i te wa o te 20.27 hēkona. I whiti a Charles Eugster o Ingarangi, 95, i te raina i roto i te 14.56 hēkona. I whakataetae te tokorua i te whakataetae whakamutunga 60m i roto i te whare i Torun, Poland. Ko te Whakataetae Whakataetae o te Pakeha o nga Veterans kei te 22 ki te 28 o Maehe.