A smiling “Babe” Ruth Rothfarb, aged 79, of the United States, comes home to take the gold in the W75 5000 metres walk in the World. Veteran Games at Queen Elizabeth II Park yesterday. Mrs Rothfarb, who collected two golds in the 10,000 metres and 800 metres events, run in the first two days of competition, says she wants more: “I’m in it for everything I can get. That’s why I came,” she said.
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74A smiling “Babe” Ruth Rothfarb, aged 79, of the United States, comes home to take the gold in the W75 5000 metres walk in the World. Veteran Games at Queen Elizabeth II Park yesterday. Mrs Rothfarb, who collected two golds in the 10,000 metres and 800 metres events, run in the first two days of competition, says she wants more: “I’m in it for everything I can get. That’s why I came,” she said. Press, 12 January 1981, Page 3
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