Our goal is to provide the opportunity for all men and women 50 and over  to participate in a social, competitive, recreational, and athletic event.
   The Golden Olympics:   
    1. Creates an awareness of the abilities and capabilities of older adults. 
    2. .Helps to maintain and improve health and wellness. 
    3. .Promotes an interest in lifetime sports, recreation and physical activity.

   Barney was an Atlanta resident for more that 50 years, became a champion race walker at eighty two and  was a member of the Georgia Golden Olympics Planning Committee
  "Becoming competitive again is one of the best things I have ever done," he said in a 1990 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about racewalking. "And I recommend it to anybody my age."