活出新高度！美國103歲老婦獲短跑冠軍，曾打破百米世界紀錄！

103-YEAR-OLD JULIA "HURRICANE" HAWKINS WINS GOLD IN 100-METRE RACE

103歲老婦贏得百米跑金牌

來源：獨立報 翻譯：世界播

「Hurricane」 Hawkins might sound like the name of a new weather phenomenon on the horizon but it』s actually the nickname of a 103-year-old runner who just won gold in a senior racing competition.

「颶風」霍金斯聽起來像是即將到來的一種新天氣現象的名字，但它實際上是一位103歲跑步選手的外號，她剛剛在一場老年人比賽中贏得金牌。

At the 2019 Senior Games in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday, Hawkins won gold medals in both the 50-metre dash and the 100-metre race.

周二，在新墨西哥州阿爾伯克基舉行的2019老年運動會上，霍金斯在女子50米短跑和100米賽跑中都獲得了金牌。

The National Senior Games Association, the non-profit organisation that runs the Senior Games, states that the runner is now the oldest female competitor in the US.

負責老年運動會的非營利性組織國家老年運動會協會表示，這名選手目前是美國年齡最大的女選手。

「I』m thrilled I did as well as I did but I didn』t do as well as I have done,」 the mother of four told Good Morning America (GMA).

這位四個孩子的母親在接受《早安美國》採訪時表示：「我很高興我能做得這麼好，但我表現得沒有以往那麼好。」

「I don』t know if it』s because I』m older, or maybe it was the atmosphere.」

「我不知道是因為我年紀大了，還是環境的原因。」

Last year, the 「Hurricane」 – who has three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren – set a world record for the 100-metre distance in her age group.

去年，「颶風」女士——她有三個孫輩和三個曾孫——創造了她這個年齡段百米跑的世界紀錄。

In an interview with the news station, Hawkins – who didn』t start running until the age of 100 – shared some words of wisdom for people who may think it』s too late to pick up the sport.

霍金斯直到100歲才開始跑步，她在接受新聞電視台採訪時，為那些認為現在開始跑步太晚的人分享了一些經驗智慧。

「Realise you can still be doing it at this kind of an age,」 she stated.

她說：「要意識到，在這樣的年紀，你仍然可以做這件事。」

「I just keep busy. I keep moving. I don』t do any exercises particularly. I used to, but I don』t think I need to anymore.」

「我只是保持充實。我繼續前進。我沒有特定做哪些鍛煉。我過去會這樣，但我認為我不再需要這樣做了。」

The runner also revealed that she keeps all of her gold medals she』s accumulated over the years.

這位跑步運動員還透露，她保留了幾年來積累的所有金牌。

「[I keep them] here and there. I』ve got a good many,」 she said of her medals.

「（我保存它們）到處都有。我有很多。」她談到她的獎牌時說。

「My husband made a box for me to keep them.」

「我丈夫給我做了一個盒子來保存它們。」

On the possibility of entering another race, Hawkins said: 「You never know.」

關於是否還會參加比賽的可能性，霍金斯說：「很難說。」

Earlier this year, the London Marathon saw a record number of runners take to the street of the capital to complete the globally-renowned race.

今年早些時候，創紀錄的跑步者走上英國首都街頭參與倫敦馬拉松賽，完成這項全球聞名的比賽。

A record 42,906 started the race on Sunday morning, with 42,549 crossing the finish line on The Mall opposite Buckingham Palace.

周日上午，42,906名選手參賽（史上參賽人數最多），其中在白金漢宮對面的林蔭路衝過終點線的人達到了42,549人。

The oldest male competitor at this year』s London Marathon was 85-year-old Ken Jones, from Strabane, Northern Ireland.

今年倫敦馬拉松賽年齡最大的男性選手是85歲的肯·瓊斯，來自北愛爾蘭的斯特拉班。

Jones is one of just 11 「Ever Presents」 who has run in every London Marathon since the event began in 1981.

自從1981年倫敦馬拉松比賽開始以來，有11位「Ever Presents」跑者參加了每一場比賽，瓊斯就是其中之一。

Meanwhile, the oldest female participant, Eileen Noble, celebrated her 84th birthday on the day of the race.

與此同時，年齡最大的女選手艾琳·諾布爾在比賽當天正是她84歲生日。

「Other elderly people may just socialise with one another but I』m able to run with all different age groups and that does make you feel younger,」 Noble said.

諾布爾說：「其他老年人可能只是和同齡人一起活動，但我能和不同年齡段的人一起跑步，這讓我感覺更年輕。」

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