Being the oldest Commonwealth Games competitor in history at age 79 would be life-defining for most people, but not Bob Pitcairn: as a commercial airline pilot he foiled a hijacking. It might have been Pitcairn’s Games debut this week, but the focus was just as much on his heroic past as his record-breaking present. Shooting is a natural extension of all of my life.”‘Trust your senses’Pitcairn, who just missed out on a spot at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, goes into the Games record books having overtaken previous oldest competitor Doreen Flanders. Pitcairn turns 80 in June and will also compete in Wednesday’s Queen’s Prize individual. Central to success in the sport -- and flying a plane full of passengers in the face of a hijacking -- is mental strength, Pitcairn said.

Source: Hindustan Times April 10, 2018 08:37 UTC