Christa at the start of 100.
Running in miserable weather,
Christa Bortignon of Canada nipped the listed world record in the W75 200-meter hurdles over the weekend. Her time of 41.70 was just ahead of the listed WR of 41.71 by
Barbara Jordan at 2011 Sacramento worlds. And she ran it into a 2.8 meters per second headwind! Christa writes: “It was pouring rain all of Saturday and most of Sunday, at 13 –15 degrees [55-59 Fahrenheit] or with gusting winds. The meet was the 2012 British Columbia Master Championships in Langley, BC. Also broke my previous 200 Canadian record with a 34.94 time and won 8 gold medals altogether: 100, 200, 200 hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin and shot put.” Still looking for link to meet results, but way to go, CB! And WMA, please clean up your records list. You
list the W75 record with the 300-meter hurdles records. In other words, Barbara is depicted as running 300s in 41.7!
Christa claims Canadian W75 record in the 200-meter dash in British Columbia.
6 Responses
Christa is like the postal service – neither snow nor rain nor heat or gloom of night keeps Christa from sprinting, hurdling, jumping, nor throwing for records.
Superwoman – keep it up Christa – show the world what it is like to be 75!
Christa has excellent extension, very good bounce. Would be terrific form for someone in W35, but she is in W75. Yes.
Peter and Mary, you have said it well. Ditto from me! Well done, Christa! And this is just the start of the season.
Christa:
You go girl! Gotta give you a big hug next time I see you!! -Grant L.
PS:
As related to Peter’s comments in post #2, Christa does indeed have excellent extension, as shown in the photo. Keep it up, Christa! -Grant L.
Christa is an excellent athlete that seems to be just finding her stride.
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