Archive for October 12, 2006
Reidel targets legendary M40 record: Oerter’s 227-11
In 1980, near the dawn of masters track, Olympic legend Al Oerter threw the discus a still-incredible 69.46 meters (227-11) at age 43 (which also is Al’s all-time PR!). Nobody’s come close since. But another Olympic champion is targeting that masters milestone: Germany’s Lars Riedel. Today, in a report by Phil Minshull, we learn that […]
October 12, 2006
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Collins, Czerwenka-Nagel named 2006 Best Masters
World Masters Athletics today announced that “from a total of 6 candidates forwarded by the WMA regions, William (Bill) Collins, USA and Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel, GER, were chosen as the WMA Best Masters for 2006. It is the third time that WMA nominated the best master of the year and proposed them to IAAF. On the […]
October 12, 2006
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