It’s the Eurovets’ turn — monster meet begins today in Italy
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You shouldn’t judge a track meet by its program. But the online version of the Eurovets indoor championships “competition book” is sensational. It’s 68 pages, with lots of information about countries entered. Long lists of athletes and their events. Gorgeous photography and design. The meet’s technical manual also is posted. Another model for major meets anywhere. But the proof is in the pudding. We await results, which we hope are timely and accurate. The meet lasts five days, so there should be plenty to savor. Lemme know if you see any especially great performances. Meantime, best of luck to our Euro friends, nearly 2,800 of them! If you’re into Twitter, the microblog, you can catch Annette Koop’s tweets from Ancona. Her Twitter site is here. (Does Twitter do instant English translation from German?)
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Where are the Ancona results?
I’m confident the meet site will have results — somewhere in here:
http://www.evaci2009.com/
The results can now be accessed from ‘Results’ in http://www.evaci2009.com/
This is the meet that discriminates against Americans right? Not sure why we could not compete and just be left out of the medals like the US Indoor Nat’s
Matt B
Direct link to results:
http://www.fidal.it/2009/COD1993/Index.htm
One of the snazziest results sites I’ve ever seen for masters!
A word in your ear, Ken: No Monster meet, but an event!
Not only the competition book is sensational. EVAA and the local Italian LOC are really doing a great job with such highlights in the Palaindoor of Ancona as results within seconds or minutes, Electronic sign-in, scoreboard showing startlists, results, tv of the indoor-competitions, video, photo finish screenshots, the competitions are on schedule – exactly btw. And the wonderful Italian spring, too – outside palaindoor, we admit ;-).
Well, Ancona gives a warm welcome to the masters athletes & scene in the sportsworld of 2009.
Overall Ancona’s European indoor ’09 is setting new standards for the upcoming championships of masters athletics. At this time it seems the best Masters championship ever.
A word in your ear, Ken: No Monster meet, but an event!
Not only the competition book is sensational. EVAA and the local Italian LOC are really doing a great job with such highlights in the Palaindoor of Ancona as results within seconds or minutes, Electronic sign-in, scoreboard showing startlists, results, tv of the indoor-competitions, video, photo finish screenshots, the competitions are on schedule – exactly btw. And the wonderful Italian spring, too – outside palaindoor, we admit ;-).
Well, Ancona gives a warm welcome to the masters athletes & scene in the sportsworld of 2009.
Overall Ancona’s European indoor ’09 is setting new standards for the upcoming championships of masters athletics. At this time it seems the best Masters championship ever.
A word in your ear, Ken: No Monster meet, but an event!
Not only the competition book is sensational. EVAA and the local Italian LOC are really doing a great job with such highlights in the Palaindoor of Ancona as results within seconds or minutes, Electronic sign-in, scoreboard showing startlists, results, tv of the indoor-competitions, video, photo finish screenshots, the competitions are on schedule – exactly btw. And the wonderful Italian spring, too – outside palaindoor, we admit ;-).
Well, Ancona gives a warm welcome to the masters athletes & scene in the sportsworld of 2009.
Overall Ancona’s European indoor ’09 is setting new standards for the upcoming championships of masters athletics. At this time it seems the best Masters championship ever.
Whining about discrimination? Pretty darn funny, Matt. It is a European Championship, get it? And why in the world would you like to travel overseas to compete with 517 athletes in the 60 m (395 male, 122 female) and 569 (418 male, 151 female) in the 200 m? Think about this for a moment. Do you really want to add non-Europeans to their organizational challenge? Do you really feel we are entitled by birthright to compete wherever we want? Man, I have dual citizenship (USA, Germany). I would not even dream about misusing all the countless unpaid hours the EVAA people put into their indoor championships for my personal “gain”. I’d rather run around the 100 year old track at VMI in Virginia!
This Twitter stuff from the European Indoors is pretty cool. Wolfgang Ritte (M55) just vaulted 4.40 m to a new world record and we know about it as it happens.
Yes whining.
To compete wherever we want by birthright: Yes, 100% yes, this is masters not open.
The reason I would like to compete is the same as any other big meet; travel, expereince, competition,
A few years ago it was in Poland, I am polish and it would have been nice to fit in a vacation around the meet. A few extra Euros and a few more competitors not sure how it really makes a difference. Trust me 10 years, 20 years Americans will be allowed to compete, we should be allowed to compete wherever and whenever we want. Sorry if that sounds arrogant, but I suppose I am a bit.
Yes it is arrogant !
It seems that you are preparing a colonisation of Europe, Obama permitting.
Europe is not the poor son/daughter of USA !
Since we allow non-US athletes to compete at our championship meets it would seem sporting for the European championships to allow us the same courtesy.
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