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‘Autumn Gold’ masters track documentary is boffo in Toronto
Jan Tenhaven’s movie about masters track — following five older folks to Lahti worlds — isn’t just a hit at the Toronto “Hot Docs” documentary film festival. It’s certifiably No. 1 with “Hot Doc” audiences. “Autumn Gold” led a popularity poll list of 20 films as of Wednesday night. And nice reviews are trickling in. […]
May 7, 2010
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Dang unbanked track! Shaheed barely misses M60 WR for 1500
On the final day of Kamloops, Nolan Shaheed of Pasadena gave it his best shot yesterday. He won the M60 1500 but missed the listed world record by four-tenths of a second. Had the 200-meter track been banked, he would have crushed the WR of 4:36.52 by France’s Raymond Zembri in 2009. Better luck was […]
March 7, 2010
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M60 John Altendorf raises own pole vault WR twice in Kamloops
John Altendorf of Corvallis, Ore., forgot to wear his helmet on a couple jumps yesterday at Kamloops. No matter. He still lifted his own world indoor record in the M60 pole vault, raising the roof in the process. The fieldhouse crowd cheered their lungs out when John, who turns 64 next week, cleared 4.02 (13-2 […]
March 6, 2010
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Orville Rogers pops M90 American record for 3000 at Kamloops
Running essentially by himself, Orville Rogers of Dallas set an American indoor record for 3,000 meters yesterday at Kamloops worlds. At 92, Orville is the oldest member of Team USA. But he showed kids how it’s done with his 22:57.41, which beat the listed U.S. M90 record of 23:12.34 by Frank Levine in 2005. Two […]
March 5, 2010
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Medal-count shocker at Kamloops: Canada and USA leading!
Medal counts at world meets are bogus, since they compare Half Moon Bay pumpkins to Australian Wolffia angustas . But for those who can’t help themselves, tallies are being told here. Please take them with a megagrain of salt. Kamloops is a Canada-USA dual meet with 60 other countries thrown in for spice. (About 60 […]
March 3, 2010
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Kamloops posts detailed time sked; Canadians share huge roster
A detailed time schedule for Kamloops worlds is now posted here. And the latest entrant list is pretty much complete as well. Also, Canada’s roster — organized by province — lists nearly 540 entrants. Biggest contingent will be host British Columbia, which has 280 athletes (almost as big as Team USA). Most of the big […]
February 17, 2010
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Entries being posted for Kamloops 2010 world masters meet
In the last day or two, the official Kamloops site has begun posting entries by event. See the current list here. The biggest field so far at the fourth World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the M55 60-meter dash — and the American entries (including Bill Collins) haven’t even been added yet. As expected, W90 […]
January 15, 2010
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Sportswriter covering Sydney WMG leaps to conclusions
I’m Olga Kotelko’s biggest fan. But I don’t exaggerate her credits. No need for that. Not so with Lisa Martin, a sportswriter in Australia who profiled Olga in the Brisbane Times today. Lisa wrote: “At 90-years-old, Canadian Olga Kotelko is the oldest known long jump competitor in the world.” Well, no. My own city, San Diego, […]
October 16, 2009
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Earl Fee’s encore to 800 WR at Lahti? Another in Sydney!
(Oct. 15 update: See comments below for correction to this erroneous post.) Last April, M80 superstar Earl Fee of Canada told Pete Magill the story of a parachutist who’d done about 1,000 jumps, and was asked what he wanted to do in the future. And he said, “Do more jumps!” And then they asked (Earl): […]
October 14, 2009
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Ruth delivers in Sydney: snappy comebacks and W100 gold
Good ol’ Ruth Frith competed today at the https://www.sages.org/ambien-online/ World Masters Games in Sydney, wowing the gawking media and not taking things too seriously. At 100, she’s seen it all anyway. Here’s her local Brisbane paper’s account. My favorite part is when she says she hasn’t eaten veggies since she was a kid. Just doesn’t […]
October 11, 2009
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