IAAF doping scandal cheats World’s Best Masters of proper honors

Lord Sebastian Coe, IAAF prez, has some splainin to do.

Lord Seb Coe, IAAF prez, has some splainin’ to do.

I presume Britain’s David Heath and Germany’s Silke Schmidt have heard the news — that they won’t be honored at the IAAF Gala in Monaco. The Nov. 28 shindig has been canceled. The doping/bribery scandal is to blame. The WMA Athletes of the Year thus are cheated of a great party and recognition. I’m hoping IAAF will make it up to them somehow — like an invitation to next year’s gala. Here’s what the IAAF said: “Given the cloud that hangs over our association this is clearly not the time for the global athletics family to be gathering in celebration of our sport,” confirmed Sebastian Coe. “However we will rightly still honour the outstanding achievements of the sport’s athletes. Therefore the Athlete of the Year and other annual honours will still be awarded and will be promoted and announced on the internet and social media. The IAAF will seek a suitable occasion in the future for the presentation of these awards to be made to the winners.” Thoughts on this mess?

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November 7, 2015

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  1. David E. Ortman (M62), Seattle, WA - November 8, 2015

    Sigh. A major bummer for masters WMA athletes. See my False Start column from 2006:

    http://ortmanmarchand.com/fsh.html

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