Harbin, Feb. 10 -- Vishwaraj Rajendrasinh Jadeja stepped off the ice, his breath still heavy from the grueling 5,000-meter race at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games.
A thin sheen of sweat lingered on his forehead as he walked into the mixed zone, his body exhausted yet his spirit undeterred.
"Very painful. Very, very painful," Jadeja admitted after finishing 14th out of 16 competitors.
"I was very nervous. But it was okay. I'm already performing better than my time in 2017 in Sapporo.
I am very happy with it."
At 39, Jadeja has inked his name into the record books as the oldest speed skater at the Harbin Games and the most senior member of India's delegation. Yet, for the father of two daughters, age
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