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Results from Riccione? Let’s all hold hands and pray
The 17th World Masters Athletics Championships began today in Riccione, Italy, but results of the first dayās events (including Day 1 of the decathlon and cross country) arenāt online. Not that I can find, anyway. Sigh. This page appears to be the results page. But no links are live yet. Last night, I wrote to […]
September 4, 2007
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Swede claims M70 high jump world record held by Held
Tom Langenfield of Minnesota, the M70 Orono HJ champion, reports an impressive world record in his age group by a Swede. Tom writes: āOne of the many reasons I wanted very much to go to Italy for the world meet this year was to have a chance to jump against Swedenās Carl-Erik Sarndal in the […]
September 4, 2007
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Masters rankings get even better! All U.S. marks online
On this Labor Day holiday (in the USA), Iād like to salute a labor of love. USATF Masters Rankings Chairman John Seto shares details on the improvements heās made in mastersrankings.com ā the database-driven Web site that he created for USATF Masters. Up until two or three weeks ago, only the top 25 performers were […]
September 3, 2007
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Ready for Riccione? Savor previews from near, far
Stan Perkins, the masters official who lost the last WMA prez race, offered some wisdom to fellow Aussies traveling to Riccione for this weekās World Masters Athletics Championships. These notes came after scoping out the place in March. He concludes happily: āCost are reasonable and standards of accommodation, food and transport are acceptable. It is […]
September 3, 2007
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British masters still bonkers over banned athlete
Anthony Treacherās relentless pursuit of justice continues. You remember him ā the wronged British athlete from 2006 Linz worlds who was banned by the BMAF for being a pain in the neck? The latest development is chronicled in this Forum thread. In mid-August, Anthony was ordered to return the medals he won in a UK […]
September 2, 2007
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Porto Alegre’s phantom bid: Is Brazil serious about 2011?
Nine days ago, I posted details of Sacramentoās bid to host the 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships. The same day, August 24, I sent email (with a Portuguese translation) to a dozen Brazilian masters track federations: Adilson_oses@hotmail.com; abrambrasil@abrambrasil.com; walter@marista-mcz.com.br; atletismoamapa@uol.com.br; feama@argo.com.bR; atletismomg@ig.com.br; fpat@zipmail.com.br; fap@atletismofap.org.br; fepat@elogica.com.br; figueiredo_jose@uol.com.br; fargrs@terra.com.br; feraatletismo@yahoo.com.br. I kind of thought Iād get a […]
September 2, 2007
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A (bad) taste of what faces some Riccione entrants
USATFās Indy office has emailed entrants a notice about the Riccione worlds, and one cross country runner is worried about declarations. She writes: āThis āLast Minute Details & Remindersā notice went out from USATF last Wednesday (Aug. 22). About halfway down we are told: āYou must declare your intention to compete in each event by […]
September 1, 2007
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52-year-old marathoner at Osaka? Not so fast, IAAF
I donāt pay much attention to the roadies, but I couldnāt overlook this note from Osaka: āSeteng Ayele , a 52-year-old Israeli, is the oldest competitor in history to finish any event at the IAAF World championships . . . He placed 19th in the menās marathon with a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, […]
August 31, 2007
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New lists of WMA world champions add DOBs, wind
My masters friend Rosa Marchi of Italy shares news of a great new reference: this āRegister of Honorā of all world masters champions by event and age group since the inaugural 1975 meet in Toronto. Hereās the list of 100-meter menās champions, for example. Filippo Luigi Fasolato and Werter Corbelli are credited for this work, […]
August 31, 2007
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WCSN webcast from Osaka is track porn at its finest
And I mean porn in the clean sense. Iāve been sneaking frequent peeks at the wcsn.com webcast of the IAAF world meet in Osaka ā both live coverage (which Iām ogling while typing this) and archived video. If you get past the small screen and occasional glitches, you have one of the best track-video experiences […]
August 30, 2007
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