Wacław rights an age-old wrong.
Remember my
getting hot and bothered by the Japanese gent claiming an M105 world record in the 100? One problem is our governing bodies didn’t get around to recognizing
Stanislaw Kowalski as the real WR man. Now they have. Well, at least the Eurovets. Our Polish correspondendent
Janusz Nath shares a note from
Wacław Krankowski, prez of
Polish vets. Wacław writes, replying to my email of Sept. 23 about Stan’s 100 at June’s Polish Championships in Torun: “I’d like to inform that Mr Stanislaw ran 100 meters. The result of which has been was better than the World Record. The organizers did not submit it to the Guinness Book of Records, but in accordance with applicable EMA and WMA procedures, the needed files and protocol was sent to EMA Board. Yesterday we received from the EMA certificate which confirms that Stanislaw Kowalski set the new World Record. This result is not yet on the official website of World Records WMA, because so far the WMA authorities have not add to tables category M 105.” (Stan’s M105 discus record also is on the
Eurovets books.)
Stan gets credit as the first in 105 age group to have an official record.
Wacław continued:
Explaining absence of Mr. Kowalski in Lyon, they were two basic factors:
1. Too high costs – in Poland masters themselves cover all costs of participation in competitions
2. Mr. Stanisław is 105 years old, and so long trips are definitely not recommended by doctors.
Mr. Kowalski confirmes that if health will let him to participate in Toruń next year (XXV Poland Masters Athletics Championships Indoor Torun 12. march 2016), he will come and will try to beat World Records (60, shot put).
Today we [are] very hot [to] invite Japanese masters athletes to start in Toruń.
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Good on ya Stanislaw… We can all hope to be able to compete at your age!!
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