In 1951, Gustaf Håkansson wanted to take part in a cycling competition throughout the whole country of Sweden. He wasn’t allowed to participate in the contest as he was 66, and the maximum age for the participants was 40 years. Instead of accepting the refusal, Gustaf simply started the race shortly after the last ‘official’ participant set off. There were 50 other participants, all of them half his age. It took Gustaf 6 days, 14 hours, and 20 minutes to cover this distance, and he crossed the finish line 24 hours before any other contestant did. #brightside Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Gustaf VI Adolf: By Dutch National Archives, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37149801 Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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