Treacher sets M65 record; indoor world entries listed
Anthony Treacher, the banned-in-2006 Briton, jumped in the Swedish masters indoor nationals last Saturday and broke the listed UK M65 indoor record in the long jump. His mark of 4.79 (15-8 1/2) pipped Tony Bateman’s 4.77, set in February 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland. Tony was a world champion at the 2003 Puerto Rico WMA meet. Anthony — who also won the 60 and 200 at Swedish nationals — holds the British M65 indoor 400 record of 63.55. He’ll be tested in all his events next month, when he competes in the third world masters indoor championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France. BTW, entry lists are now available via this lookup page. Just specify sex, age group and event and hit “Go” to see who’s entered from what country (and what they submitted as a recent best).
We’ve also learned that 255 athletes used the late entry to French worlds, boosting the LOC’s revenues by $19,000. (The late fee for U.S. entrants was $75.)
An American observer writes: “Smart move. Hopefully it will not make the next organizers set the original date too early in hopes that more athletes will pay the extra fee.”
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Pretty funny, Ken. “What they submitted as a recent best” is a wonderful phrase. I could not do better. Olivier L. of France can do better, no doubt. Above his listing for the Indoor Pentathlon. Olivier, I’m rooting for you, dude.
this is a total OUTRAGE!!!! they let this troublemaker compete?? astounding!!! This guy actually had the NERVE to tell the TRUTH then the nerve to question AUTHORITY!!!!! and they let this guy compete again???? WOW>>>this is a bad sign for Athletics……guys like Tony Treacher need to “step in line” and follow the Almighty Leaders!!!
God Bless Anthony…i knew he would get this record..and He deserves it.He kept his focus on what mattered even though he was treated like a criminal for doing the RIGHT THING.To all the people who got tired of “hearing him complain” i would love to see how YOU might respond to being treated unfairly. Is there an “official” time frame for how long a person can be upset about being cheated/treated UNFAIRLY ???
Time to put it behind you and CELEBRATE!!!!Bravo TONY…KEEP IT UP!!!!!!
Oh, I can celebrate all right. The world is my oyster. But with this matter unresolved, I feel very uncomfortable about donning my GBR vest again and representing the BMAF at Clermont-Ferrand. I promise my fans however that I will “put it all behind me” when the BMAF Committee finally ends the matter with an unreserved apology for the conduct of its British team manager at Linz. Fair enough?
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