Porto Alegre, Brazil, is only bidder for 2013 WMA world meet
According to the official handbook of the 2009 Lahti General Assembly (posted here), the southern Brazilian town of Porto Alegre will host the 2013 World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships. Porto Alegre, which lost the 2011 worlds vote in 2007 to Sacramento, is the only bidder for the outdoor meet, so deal with it. The meet site says the dates are July 24 to August 4, 2013 — when high temps average in the high 60s. Likewise, the General Assembly at Lahti has but one choice for the 2012 Indoor Championships — Jyvaskyla, Finland. (This despite hints in the handbook that San Sebastian, Spain, has expressed interest in hosting the 2012 indoor meet.) The 2010 indoor worlds, of course, are in Kamloops, British Columbia — the first time this meet has been outside Europe.
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LOL – back to Finland – in the dead of winter – take your headlanps folks – although I bet the facilities will be world class. And after that grab the bathing suit and head for Brazil. The facilities there – oh – bathing facilities ? If my memory is correct – the presentation by the Porto Alegre folks was all about tourism – not boo about track facilities. Oh well – the beaches are said to be great. We don’t need any stinking track and field facilities and the x-c – up and down the sand dunes.
Mary Harada, you REALLY don’t know anything about Porto Alegre or Brazil. If you take a map, you’ll see Porto Alegre is at the South of Brazil, outside the tropical area…
If you want beaches or sand dunes, don’t come to the Games. Stay at home and read a book – sometimes it’s good to learn something!
Mary Harada, you REALLY don’t know anything about Porto Alegre or Brazil. If you take a map, you’ll see Porto Alegre is at the South of Brazil, outside the tropical area…
If you want beaches or sand dunes, don’t come to the Games. Stay at home and read a book – sometimes it’s good to learn something!
Mary Harada, you REALLY don’t know anything about Porto Alegre or Brazil. If you take a map, you’ll see Porto Alegre is at the South of Brazil, outside the tropical area…
If you want beaches or sand dunes, don’t come to the Games. Stay at home and read a book – sometimes it’s good to learn something!
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