World records fall at meets big and small: W35 triple jump, M65 60
I would hope triple jumper Aldama Yamile of Great Britain gets swift recognition of her W35 indoor triple jump world record. She had witnesses — at IAAF Indoor Worlds in Turkey. Masters Mole 26688c3 writes: “She jumped 14.62 (47-11 3.4) for a WR in qualifying and then a 14.82 (48-7 1/2) in the finals for another WR. Plus she won the whole dang thing! Gold medal and $40K.” The listed W35 indoor world record is 14.44 by Ukraine’s Inessa Kravetz in 2003. And how amazing is this? Aldama, who was born in Cuba, turns 40 in August! Speaking of W40, Chandra Sturrup of Bahamas ran 7.19 in the 60 at worlds, just missing Merlene Ottey’s WR of 7.17 seconds. Finally from our friend Milan Jamrich: “Slovak athlete Vladimir Vybostok ran a new world record in 60 meters in M65 during the Masters Championships of the Czech Republic in Prague. He ran 7.82 seconds. The old world record was 7.99.” Congrats to all!
Aldama was joyful after winning world indoor title at age 39 in Istanbul.
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And of course in Istanbul gold on the 3000m men, Bernard Lagat.
I thought Bill Collins had a lower WR time for M60 60M at Nationals in Albequerque 2011.
Fantastic performance by Yamile Aldama and just shows that we do need masters to bolster the British team and bring medals home despite the national organisation for masters being a seperate organisation from the senior one.
Vybostok is M65
Did anyone else see the WC men’s 1500 meter final and wonder if the sliver medalists should have been DQ’d?
Based on what I saw, he MAY have impeded the progress of athletes attempting to pass him a couple of times, and he DEFINITELY did not follow a direct path to the finish line off of the final turn, as he ended up running in lane 3, in an attempt to hold off the eventual World Champion.
Could this be a case of elites not being held to the same standards/rules as masters, or are the IAAF rules different from USATF’s?
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