Archive for April, 2017
At Penn, Bill Collins claims M65 WR in 100; M45 4×4 WR also falls
Bill Collins, 66, set another world record at Penn over the weekend — an amazing 12.33 for 100, breaking the listed M65 WR of 12.37 by fellow Yank Steve Robbins and Slovakia’s Vladmir Vybostok. (Steve says: “I was following the results online. No surprise — other than it took Bill a year to get it. […]
April 30, 2017
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Spanish hammer thrower draws 4-year doping ban for steroids
Malaga worlds (the 2018 WMA meet) just lost its home-nation favorite in the M35 hammer. According to the IAAF and local reports, “Veteran hammer thrower CristĂłbal AlmudĂ Cid has been sanctioned with four years of disqualification after a positive analysis by the anabolic steroid Estanozolol [probably Winstrol or Stanozolol] in a competition control.” CristĂłbal’s name […]
April 28, 2017
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Germany joins critics — won’t recognize results from Kiwi WMG
Germany is not amused. News that Russians are competing at the World Masters Games in Auckland (against IAAF rules) has stirred a soup Nazi reaction: “No records for you!” According to a Google translation of Alfred Hermes’ blog, we learn: “DLV does not recognize the achievements of the WMG 2017. The WMG organization does not […]
April 27, 2017
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British masters official aghast that Auckland WMG allows Russians
I’m warming to these World Masters Games. They let anyone come and play — the spirit of the founders of WAVA in the mid-1970s. Back in the day, the likes of David Pain and Bob Fine rebelled at restrictions on who could run and jump at worlds. They went to bat for “professional athletes” and […]
April 26, 2017
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Can Indian sprinter Man Kaur document her being 101 years old?
Flame away. But I’m just a tad skeptical about Man Kaur, the “101-year-old” star of the World Masters Games in Auckland. The other day she ran the 100 in 74.56 seconds, and New Zealand media dubbed her the “miracle from Chandigarh.” But Indian athletes have a history of inflating their ages. The most notorious is […]
April 25, 2017
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Throwers young and old gathering for Big Guys party in Sacramento
Gary England writes to invite all American Big Guys (and Gals) to the annual Traveling Big Guys Party on the Saturday night of the USATF open championships in Sacramento. The party “has been a rite of passage for throwers since 1990,” Gary says. “I have decided to combine it with the West Coast Throwers Reunion […]
April 24, 2017
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Barrineau posts top HJ mark on Day 1 of Kiwi World Masters Games
The World Masters Games were fully under way Saturday in Auckland, and track results are rolling out here. Helpfully noting the age-graded percentages, separate files for Day 1 track and Day 1 field show some nice efforts in the high jump and long hurdles. Olympian Jim Barrineau cleared 1.65 (5-5) to win M60, and fellow […]
April 23, 2017
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Deadline for 2021, 2022 WMA world meet bidders is Sept. 1, 2017
World Masters Athletics is calling for bidders to host the 2021 indoor and 2022 outdoor world championships. The deadline is fast approaching: Sept. 1, 2017. So if any American sites have any interest, it’s time to boogie. If an indoor meet requires multiple venues, the best are in the Boston and New York areas. Maybe […]
April 22, 2017
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Ray Bower dies at 93; pioneer at worlds, M75 sprint champ at Penn
I smile in recalling Ray Bower’s butt. We shared a dorm room at 2005 Hawaii masters nationals, and his cute little rump stuck out from the bed covers across the room. More important was the fact he could move that butt on the track — and he became a friend as we reunited at nationals. […]
April 21, 2017
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Someone at Eurovets is silencing debate, erasing EMA content
A couple days ago, the Facebook group for European Masters Athletics went from open to closed — meaning new members have to be approved by the admins. One reason for the change is the apparent effort to purge critics of EMA President Kurt Kaschke of Germany, including German masters track blogger Axel Hermanns. His recent […]
April 20, 2017
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