{"id":259992,"date":"2025-11-04T01:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259992\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T01:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:19:18","slug":"worlds-oldest-olympic-gold-medallist-charles-coste-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259992\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s oldest Olympic gold medallist, Charles Coste, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

French cyclist Charles Coste, who had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, has died aged 101.<\/p>\n

Coste, who won Olympic gold in track cycling’s team pursuit alongside Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson, and Fernand Decanali in 1948, died on Thursday.<\/p>\n

French Sports Minister Marina Ferrari confirmed his death on Monday, calling it a great loss for France.<\/p>\n

“It is with great sorrow that I learned of the death of Charles Coste, Olympic champion in London. At 101 years old, he leaves behind an immense sporting legacy,” she said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

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Charles Coste won gold alongside his teammates in the 1948 London Games. (Reuters: Stephanie Lecocq)<\/p>\n

He had been the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist after the death of Hungarian artistic gymnast Agnes Keleti at the age of 103 in January.<\/p>\n

Coste got another chance to shine as one of the torchbearers during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was with great emotion and pride that I passed the torch to two great Olympic champions, Teddy Riner and Marie-Jos\u00e9 P\u00e9rec,” he told Olympics.com during a visit earlier this year.<\/p>\n

His record also includes the 1949 Grand Prix des Nations, a 140-kilometre time trial in which he beat Italian Fausto Coppi, a Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion.<\/p>\n

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