Using static bikes and videos, residents compete for medals and are able to ‘travel’ to places old and new without leaving their chair
Joy Small and Cathrine Myhr have never met, live in care homes 1,000 miles apart – but are challenging each other in a gripping sporting stand-off.
“I’m going to win the medal for female world champion,” says Small, 92, from her care home in Newbury. “I’ve always been very competitive.” Myhr, 56, contesting the same medal from a centre in Oslo for seniors and those with learning difficulties, will see about that. “I compete from 8am to 3.30pm every day,” she says. “I even eat my meals on the go.”
