Archive for March 7, 2008
NYRR posts 2 world records from last week’s 1500s
Better late than never. According to the NYRR club’s results site, Poland’s Zofia Wieciorkowska clocked a 1500 in 4:40.4 to beat the listed W45 world record of 4:41.67 by Spain’s Aurora Perez in 2006 — as telegraphed a week ago. In Heat 3, Marie-Louise Michelson is indeed credited with a W65 world indoor record of […]
March 7, 2008
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Serbia’s Topic jumps 7-5 1/4, makes final at IAAF worlds
Dragutin Topic, who turns 37 in five days, cleared 2.27 (7-5 1/4) today on his third try to make the finals at IAAF indoor worlds in Valencia, Spain. He’s the oldest high jumper in meet history. A month ago, he became the oldest man to clear 2.30 (7-6 1/2), so he has some inches left […]
March 7, 2008
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Italian M45 Segatal joins the 2-meter club indoors
In the high jump, 2 meters separates the supermen from the men. That’s 6 feet, 6 3/4 inches to us mortals. Last Sunday, Italy’s Marco Segatel cleared 2.00 less than a month before turning 46. That’s a European indoor record, which is reported here. Thus we now have three men over 45 over 2.00 — […]
March 7, 2008
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