Britain’s Parsons smashes WR for indoor 60 meters
Val Parsons of Great Britain on Sunday broke American Kathy Jager’s W60 listed world indoor record for 60 meters, clocking 8.83 to pip Kathy’s 8.91 set almost three years ago. So reports correspondent Tom Phillips across the Pond. “Val (pictured here at last year’s Poznan Eurovets meet) ran in what was by all accounts a very well-attended and extremely competitive indoor meet at Windsor, England, on Sunday January 7 and clocked 8.83, which I gather is a world best, “Tom writes. “More info will no doubt emerge soon. An enigmatic e-mail I received from Val today says: ‘I hope that it will be ratified for record purposes. . . . Long story but I will relay it to you when resolved!’ â€
Val has been a force in world masters athletics for many years, winning many British titles and world medals. But she’s overcome challenges as well.
A British masters site reported some time back:
“Another world record went in the W55 60m when Val Parsons (Woking AC) rocketed to an 8.64 clocking thus erasing Brunhilde Hoffmann’s (Germany) 1997 marks of 8.90. Val followed that up with a 29.49 200m but she has a new world record of 29.21 pending since January. A remarkable feat considering that less than two years ago she was within 20 minutes of death from meningitis.â€
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Val is an inspiration!
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