Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...age of 15, Chudnovsky chose not to go professional, but he has not given up all of his chess ambitions. He hopes to qualify for the U.S. Junior Invitational next year...
What are the limitations of a senior athlete? Ligaments and tendons lose some of their fluid content and become less flexible with age. Muscles in older people don't use sugar as well, so the ability to respond with a burst of activity declines...
...tendons and nervous systems are working at peak. After a hard workout or meet, the body starts crashing; it must take in protein in the next 30 to 45 min. or it will not rebound for the next day's activities. If you do not start lifting weights by age 50, you will lose 10% of your muscle mass...
...hypnotist. Fully conscious, he can visualize heats in advance and see victory. His imagination is usually on target. In a Masters meet last year, he swam the most demanding race in the sport, the 400-m medley, in 6 min. flat, the best time in his 55-to-59 age group. This year he sees himself setting a record in the Seniors 200-m medley...
...withstood the challenge of the tour's freshman 50- and 51-year-olds who have won more than a third of all senior tournaments, and he scoffs at the notion that age 55 is the limit at which a golfer can compete for senior-tour leadership. "That's hogwash," Irwin says. "The age of 55 is now going to be pushed to 56, 57 and 58, because players are more in shape and more attuned to the keen competition...