Arthur Carbon is dated, but Aussie still churning out sprints at 96

A Perth news outlet covered a local gent who supposedly had not competed in track for 50 years. We learn about Arthur Carbon, the oldest entrant at worlds “in his first competitive hit-out in half a century, [who] finished at the back of the six-person M90-99 race in a time of 35.55 seconds.” He didn’t hear the gun. “I didn’t take any notice, and they’d run 50 yards before I even moved, then the woman told me to run,” Carbon said. “But still, I’m the only one in my event so it makes no ­difference. I could’ve run a lot better and I’m disappointed.”

Here’s the rest of the story:

Peru’s Delgado Flores, 92, won the race in an impressive time of 20.14 sec, followed by 92-year-old Australian James Sinclair (20.61) and Briton Dalbir Singh Deol (21.3).

Carbon jumped at the chance to compete in his home city of Perth, but said it would definitely be his last hurrah. “That’s the only reason I’m running,” he said. “This is it.”

The grandfather of former Australian Hockeyroos player Sally Carbon said he hoped for better luck in the 200m ­(Tuesday) and 400m ­(Saturday) events next week.

Here are Arthur’s results:

M95 100 Meter
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WMA: R 20.41
Name Age Team Finals Wind
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1 Carbon, Arthur M96 Australia 35.55 2.1

M95 200 Meter
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WMA: R 48.69
Name Age Team Finals Wind
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1 Carbon, Arthur M96 Australia 1:07.71 3.1

M95 400 Meter
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95 WMA: R 2:21.82
Name Age Team Finals
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1 Carbon, Arthur M96 Australia 3:30.92

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November 14, 2016

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