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Most would agree that it's important to stay active in the later years of life, but 84-year-old Florence "Flo" Fillion Meiler is taking that to a new level.

The Vermont native is heading to Poland next Thursday for the World Masters Athletics Championship Indoor where she will compete in events including the long jump (nhảy xa), 60-meter hurdles (chạy vượt rào), 800-meter run, pentathlon and her specialty, the pole vault (nhảy sào).

Her favorite events are the hurdles and the pole vault - the sport which sees competitors launch themselves over a high bar with a fiberglass pole.

...In that particualr category, she will literally have no competition (không có cạnh tranh) - because she's the only woman in her age group of 80-84 year olds. Despite her easy win, she's not slowing down her exercise.

"You know, I do train five days a week," she said. "And when I found out I was going to compete at the Worlds, I've been training six days a week because I knew I would really get my body in shape."

Meiler grew up on a dairy farm (nông trại sữa), working hard manual jobs like feeding cattle and raking hay (cào rơm). She was always active in sports throughout school, playing basketball and taking tap and ballroom dancing classes. Professionally, she went on to work as a sales representative for Herbalife nutritional supplements (thực phẩm bổ sung) for 30 years.

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