18 Jun 2023

Ray Algar: Top athletes live longer

From Sunday Morning, 11:05 am on 18 June 2023

A study from the International Longevity Centre in the UK has found that if you compete at the Commonwealth Games, you’ll live significantly longer, on average, than other people.  

Sadly, we can’t all be good enough athletes to take part in the Commonwealth Games, but are there lessons here for the rest of us anyway? 

On of the report’s authors, health and fitness researcher, Ray Algar takes us though the findings. 

Close-up of hands of female track and field athlete at starting block. (Photo by Trevor Adeline/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENC / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: TREVOR ADELINE/CAIA IMAGE/SCIENC