Mystery of the M50 200 final
Results have been posted for all the 200-meter finals at Puerto Rico WMA worlds except one — the men’s 50-54 final involving Houston’s Bill Collins and New York’s Ed Gonera. In the semis, Collins ran 23.01 with an illegal wind and Gonera had a 23.26w. Results should be here.
It’s possible, given today’s rains (which slowed the 800 finals), a timing malfunction occurred. But all the other races are accounted for.
The M50 results bear importance in the world record chase. The listed M50 world record is 22.91 by Great Britain’s Ron Taylor in 1986.
On Sunday, a day after he turned 50, Britain’s Stephen Peters ran 22.58 in the M45 semis with a legal wind (0.9 mps). Ethically, he’s the world record holder in M50. Technically, I’m not sure.
Meanwhile, Kathy Jager took fourth in the 200 in her WMA worlds comeback (31.26 in W60), and Brisbane double sprint champ Stephen Robbins scratched from the 200 final in M60, won by fellow American Paul Edens (25.28).
