Las veteranas ‘cheerleaders’ de Corea del Sur

In a photo taken on March 3, 3017 members of 'Cheer Mommy', a 30-member cheerleading squad with an average age of 75, practice their routines at a rehearsal room in Samcheok, on South Korea's northeast coast. Waving white pom poms in the air, dozens of grey-haired cheerleaders in matching red and white uniforms hop and skip to K-pop music that fills the practice room. Halfway into their two-hour practice session, most of the elderly dancers are panting and sweating, but do not let their bad knees or back pain stop them from what they say is keeping them healthy and youthful. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: SKorea-women-health-lifestyle-demographics, FOCUS by Hwang SungHee