Archive for October 17, 2014
Brazen Brazilian, 76, won three M85 golds at Porto Alegre worlds
For at least five seasons leading up to Porto Alegre worlds, Francisco do Carmo Oliveira of Brazil competed with a claimed date of birth of June 8, 1927. That meant he was M85 at his home country’s 2013 world meet. But in a comment posted Friday, Italian statmeister Luigi Fasolato reported that Francisco was a […]
October 17, 2014
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W50 javelin champion branded as a ‘witch’ in India, flees attack
India’s news media are going crazy over a crime report involving a W50 national champion javelin thrower who was attacked as a “witch.” The gold medalist in question is Debajani Bora. She appears to be OK, but the news (if true, since Indian press accounts can be flaky) is startling. The best report says: “Bora […]
October 17, 2014
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