Known in Canada as the "Iron Nun," Sister Madonna Buder is the oldest female competitor to have completed an ironman competition at the age of 75.

Six years later, however, the race was not so kind. Now 81, Buder had to drop out of her latest attempt, but she still considers her athletic career a triumph of faith and grit.

AFP TV reports

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