Archive for October, 2009
Kamloops lodging booker goes bust; letters worry entrants
Ah, the good old days — when the biggest worry of Kamloops entrants was how to navigate an unbanked 200-meter track in March 2010. Now athletes headed for the first WMA world indoor championships in North America have another thing to fret about: Are their hotel reservations still good? According to two notes shared with me […]
October 3, 2009
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Michael Waller, profiled on TV, aims to go faster Down Under
M50 sprinter Michael Waller, perhaps the breakout star of Oshkosh nationals last July, is heading Down Under soon for the Sydney World Masters Games. His local TV station gave him a nice (although error-filled) sendoff. Not his fault. See this 2-minute clip. Born July 22, 1958, Michael says his all-time sprint bests are 10.57, 21.6 […]
October 2, 2009
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Sticky wicket in India: Masters caught in overseers’ civil war
India’s masters track scene is more dysfunctional than I thought. It appears that Jerry D’Souza’s Veterans Athletics Federation of India is vying for power with the Masters Athletics Federation of India, known as MAFI. Power to do what? To send athletes to WMA world championships. In a second interview with Jerry, also conducted by email, […]
October 2, 2009
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Why were Indians lousy at Lahti? Official blames pay-to-play
With 1.17 billion people, India should be a masters track powerhouse. You’d think. But at Lahti worlds, India won a mere 10 medals. Only one gold (by an M70 hammer thrower). With a handful of exceptions (mainly male sprinters), the 70-member Indian team was a running joke in Finland. I’ve been hesitant to mention this. But now I have […]
October 1, 2009
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