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Olympic torchbearer and 1948 gold medallist Charles Coste dies at 101
- Charles Coste, the French cyclist and Olympic champion, has died at the age of 101, France’s Sports Minister Marina Ferrari confirmed on Monday.
- As a young postwar rider, Charles Coste, French cyclist, captured Olympic gold in the Men's Team Pursuit at the 1948 London Games before slipping into obscurity for decades.
- During the 1948 medal ceremony, Coste recalled squeezing onto a tiny podium with Pierre Adam, Serge Blusson and Fernand Decanali while the French anthem was not played; they crossed to London by France–England ferry and stayed at a US Air Force camp.
- On July 26, 2024, Coste passed the torch to Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec at Paris 2024, hailed by the French Olympic Committee as an emotional Olympic memory, while Tony Estanguet and Riner paid tribute after his death.
- With Keleti gone earlier this year, Coste had become the doyen of Olympic champions and received the Légion d’honneur from Tony Estanguet at 98.
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Charles Coste, world's oldest living Olympian and cycling champion, dies at 101
Charles Coste, the world's oldest living Olympian, has died at 101. The French presidency announced on Tuesday that Coste died last Thursday. Coste won the team pursuit gold medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Last year he returned…
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