Archive for July, 2014
Charles Austin WR was ‘spur of the moment’ — 7-footer next?
Olympic high jump champ Charles Austin set an M45 world record of 6-8 3/4, we know. He was named USATF Athlete of the Week, we know. But how he set the record and how he views the jump may be the most amazing story of all. In a recent email interview, Charles graciously submitted to […]
July 3, 2014
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Chris Brown adds M35 outdoor 400 WR to his indoor world mark
Chris Brown of the Bahamas has blown away the listed M35 world record at 400 meters. And he might do it again Thursday in Lausanne. At the June 14 Diamond League meet in New York, Chris clocked 44.61. (His PR is 44.40 from 2008.) WMA lists the WR as 45.76 by France’s Ibrahima Wade in […]
July 2, 2014
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50 years later, Otis Burrell still hoping to leap into record books
Otis Burrell turned 70 in May, and when I met him for the first time at the Chuck McMahon meet Saturday, I was in awe. Sorry. Greats of the 1960s have that effect on me. He never made it to the Olympics, but he was often world-ranked and had a best of 2.19 (7-2 1/4) […]
July 1, 2014
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