Steve has quite the collection. But he paid a price.
A local UK paper
tells the amazing story of an M40 sprinter who has a leg up on 2018 Malaga worlds. In 2004,
Steve Jarvis got a kidney from his mother
(as detailed here). Originally a judo champ, he turned to track and the
World Transplant Games, which recently were in Malaga. In Spain, he won six gold medals and set a WR in the 100 of 11.49.
(See results here.) “To run 11.49secs for 100m at 41 is really special; not many athletes in Cornwall run sub 12 seconds, so to run this time at my age blew me away, still hasn’t sank in and I feel there’s more to come,” Steve said. “I took up athletics because I couldn’t do judo any more. I was British judo collegiate champion before I got ill. This was tough to take on board and the athletics was something I had to do to prove to myself that I was capable of doing something special in sports still.” He raises money for his travels via
this crowdfunding site. Anyone else with a new kidney have a story to tell?
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The weblink has a couple items:
1. Their 35th year of the Games.
2. The Games Hall of Fame takes 15 years of participation.
Also ..
I was told by a Calif. Masters participant several years ago they also include the Decathlon at some of their Games.
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