Ottey adds W45 world record in the 200, cracking 24!
Merlene Ottey ran with the wind Sunday, clocking a maximum legal breeze (2.0 mps) 200 in 23.97 seconds in Donnas at the “Via col vento” (Go with the wind) meeting, reports Rosa Marchi, an Italian masters sprint champion. That demolishes the listed W45 world record of 25.56 by Phil Raschker in 1994. Also Sunday, Merlene, 46, ran the 100 in 11.49 — but with an illegal wind (for record purposes) of 2.4 mps. The 23.97 is equivalent (on the WMA Age-Graded Tables) to an open mark of 21.27! Unreal.
Rosa also reports:
2) In our website (www.atleticanet.it/master) we have a very rich and interesting unofficial statistic page (world, European, Italian record and Italian ranking). See www.atleticanet.it/master/statistiche.asp
3) In Misano Adriatico (one of three site for the WMA world championship in 2007) we had the Italian master championship, a world record was set in the M75 10,000 — (Luciano Acquarone, M75 – 10.000 41:21.61)
Here you can find the list of Italian champions for 2006.
And as usual, Rosa closes her note with:
A kiss.
Also coming to our attention, belatedly — a W45 world record in the hammer throw by Sydney Olympic discus champion Ellina Zvereva of Belarus (born No. 16, 1960), who spun the implement a gargantuan 63.20 (207-4) at the Blr Cup Brest meet on May 27, 2006. The listed W45 world record? A puny 50.75 (166-6) by Switzerland’s Margrith Duss in 2004.
