100-Year-Old Asgari Makes Major Splash at Diving World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Taghi Asgari, a 100-year-old diver from Iran, completed an exhibition dive before the Women’s 3m Springboard Final at the Diving World Championships in Doha.
Askari’s international diving career commenced at the Asian Games in New Delhi at the very first staging of the competition which has grown from 489 athletes competing in six sports in 1951 to 11,935 athletes competing across forty disciplines at the 2022 edition.
“When I was competing at a national level the last championships I did was when I was 41 years old,” said Askari.
“I achieved a gold medal at the national level, and after that, I said goodbye to the sport, but at least with a gold medal.”
“The only thing I want to tell you is about loving this sport and to keep yourself healthy. This can be a good motivation for you to attend these championships and different championships,” he added.
