Frenchman becomes world's oldest athletics champion at 39
France's Yohann Diniz won the men's 50-kilometre walk at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday, becoming the oldest man to win a world athletics championship. Diniz, 39, broke the earlier record, held by 37-year-old race walker Veniamin Soldatenko. Diniz won the race in three hours, 33 minutes and 12 seconds to produce the second fastest walk in history.