World’s oldest Olympian dies aged 101 after winning gold at London 1948 Games as President Macron leads tributes

THE world’s oldest Olympian has died at the age of 101. French icon Charles Coste won an Olympic gold medal back in 1948 in the London Summer Games in cycling. He became champion in 1948 as he took gold in the team pursuit at the Herne Hill velodrome. Coste was the world’s oldest living Olympian…