Archive for August, 2016
Star hurdler Liz Palmer given 3 1/2-year USADA doping suspension
Liz Palmer turned 56 Tuesday. It should have been a day of joy for the champion sprinter-hurdler. Instead, it was the day she publicly confirmed a long-running nightmare — her testing positive in March for a banned substance at Albuquerque indoor nationals. She had taken silver in the 60 and 60 hurdles (behind Joy Upshaw […]
August 3, 2016
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M35 world champion Babatunde Ridley touts masters via Vimeo
M35 sprinter Babatunde “Tunde” Ridley of Maryland is one of the fastest starters I’ve ever seen in masters track. (He used to live in San Diego.) He’s also an eloquent speaker on our niche sport. On the FastTwitchGrandma channel of Vimeo, he talks about his motivation. He won gold in Porto Alegre and 100 and […]
August 2, 2016
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Thomas Hinkes dies at 86; vault world champion jumped at ABQ
Thomas Hinkes, a longtime masters vaulter, died July 19 from complications of cancer, his friend and rival Jerry Donley reports and legacy.com confirms. “Shortly before his death, he was still vaulting with younger people while on vacation in Logan, Utah,” Jerry writes. “His most recent major competition was at the 2016 National Indoor Championship in […]
August 1, 2016
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