Archive for July 25, 2006
WMA president picks Brazil to host 2011 worlds
This is weird. Without even consulting delegates, World Masters Athletics President Cesare Beccalli has basically promised the 2011 World Masters Outdoor Championships to Brazil (where he lives part of the year with his Brazilian-born wife). The 2009 world meet will be in Lahti, Finland. If Brazil does win 2011, then 2013 will likely return to […]
July 25, 2006
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Zelezny smashes WR in first foray as M40 spearchucker
On a warm and muggy night in Stockholm, newly minted M40 Jan Zelezny today threw the javelin 85.08 meters (279-1) to beat the listed M40 world record of 84.08 (275-10) by Germany’s Peter Blank in 2003. The Czech legend, who 10 years ago set the open world record of 98.48 (323-1), was Olympic champion in […]
July 25, 2006
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Day 4 at Eurovets: Two world records in the field
Pete Mulholland of the UK’s Running Fitness magazine says two world records were set Sunday at the European Veterans Athletic Championships in Poznan, Poland — in the M85 long jump and W65 high jump. (Except it was a pending Kathy Bergen record in the high jump that was beaten, not one by Rietje Dijkman of […]
July 25, 2006
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Day 3 at Eurovets: Heat shrinks distance fields
While athletes fight the hot conditions, our reporter in Poznan is fighting technical glitches keeping him off the Internet. Pete apologizes for late report on Day 3 (Saturday) of the Eurovets championships in Poland, saying, “The server at the stadium went down and still not fixed. No internet acess at my hotel. That’s modern for […]
July 25, 2006
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Ed Whitlock’s assault on M75 records continues
RunnersWed reports: “Ed Whitlock, the 75-year old running phenomenon from Milton, Ontario, set two world records this past weekend at the Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships held in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. His times of 19:07.02 and 39:25.16 for the 5,000m cialis online (July 21) and 10,000m (July 23), respectively, eclipsed the previous M75 […]
July 25, 2006
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Handful of photos from USATF Western Regionals online
I took a few pictures at Long Beach State on Sunday — Day 2 of the USATF Western Regional Masters Championships. It was cooler for most of the day Sunday, thanks to a light sprinkle. But by 12:30 p.m., the track had dried off. On Saturday, folks were dropping like flies in 103-degree heat and […]
July 25, 2006
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