Archive for August 31, 2007

52-year-old marathoner at Osaka? Not so fast, IAAF

I don’t pay much attention to the roadies, but I couldn’t overlook this note from Osaka: “Seteng Ayele , a 52-year-old Israeli, is the oldest competitor in history to finish any event at the IAAF World championships . . . He placed 19th in the men’s marathon with a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, […]

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New lists of WMA world champions add DOBs, wind

My masters friend Rosa Marchi of Italy shares news of a great new reference: this “Register of Honor” of all world masters champions by event and age group since the inaugural 1975 meet in Toronto. Here’s the list of 100-meter men’s champions, for example. Filippo Luigi Fasolato and Werter Corbelli are credited for this work, […]

August 31, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

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