Archive for December 3, 2009
Special report: Dieter Massin double-dips, violates WMA rules
Dieter Massin Dieter Massin, the German president of the Eurovets, is openly defying newly approved rules in World Masters Athletics while sitting on the WMA Council. Not good. Conflicts of interest have always been banned by WMA, but previous presidents have flouted the group’s Constitution by joining the board of the International Masters Games Association […]
December 3, 2009
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Hope sprouts for ratification of USATF records at Palo Alto
Our masters mole in Indy, having read my entry about records at the National Senior Games being ignored, writes: “USATF did issue an ex post facto sanction for NSG. There are 9 ‘records’ set there that would be up for ratification here. Of those, one is by someone for whom Sandy (Pashkin) doesn’t have other […]
December 3, 2009
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Rita ‘Hamscom’ honored on WMA Web site, just 10 days late
News flash! World Masters Athletics reports that “Rita Hamscom” received world’s best masters athlete honors at the IAAF Gala in Monte Carlo. (See the account here.) No matter. At least the WMA site has a nice photo of Rita and Guido Müller — posted a mere 10 days after the event. But the real revelations are on […]
December 3, 2009
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USATF masters nationals may return to Illinois in 2012
Millikin University in southern Illinois hosted the 2004 USATF masters outdoor nationals. Now it appears Benedictine University in northern Illinois will host our meet in 2012. A masters mole at the Indy annual meeting of USA Track & Field tells me that “Lisle, Illinois” seems to be the de facto pick. That suggests Benedictine, a […]
December 3, 2009
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