Vaulting is dangerous enough. But organizers at Porto Alegre worlds are upping the risk, according to Facebook postings. One from American Doug “Bubba” Sparks says: “Our poles are not here yet and may not be, the box is 6 (inches)
Four years after the fact, a document has emerged that says the 2009 election of Stan Perkins as WMA president was fraudulent. An American athlete sent me the memo Thursday morning from Porto Alegre, where Stan is standing for re-election
Check out the new Forums category devoted to tales from 2013 Brazil worlds. The object is to have a place where athletes can vent about and praise the Porto Alegre meet and detail their event-by-event, meal-by-meal experiences. Yes, we see
Dave Proffitt of UK posted the photo below to the WMA Facebook page, and WMA President Stan Perkins commented: “It was a good ceremony, but it started late unfortunately, and many of the athletes left before the entertainment that was
Rex Harvey was the only candidate to complete my questionnaire in the WMA presidential election. Incumbent Stan Perkins wrote me Saturday: “My apologies, but I am in Porto Alegre and have been extremely busy with Council meetings and much communication
Geb (no introduction necessary) turned 40 in April, and immediately declared he was targeting M40 world records — not specifying which distances on the track or road. But in July, he tweeted plans to run for Ethiopia’s Parliament in 2015.
Remember the Munich 100-meter heats snafu in ’72? That could happen at Porto Alegre if you don’t keep your eye on the ball. I’m sure Team USA manager Phil Greenwald and others will notify entrants about schedule changes, but you
USATF reports this week from Indy: “Kathryn Martin has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning her age-group title at the USA Masters 5km Championships. Martin (Northport, N.Y.) ran 19:06 at the 2013 USA Masters
As usual, the Huntsman World Senior Games ending today attracted folks from, yes, around the world. But Seth Brower’s Texas vs. The World meet over the weekend drew folks from afar as well. Results are trickling in for the Huntsman
Someone check Ed Burke’s arms. Have they fallen off yet? A week after taking six tries in all five events of a pretend throws pentathlon (unofficially beating Bob Ward’s listed M70 WR of 4984 by a single point), the three-time
The Brits held their masters nationals in mid-September in Birmingham, and I was briefly bummed while scanning the results. See them here. Listed in the M55 age group is an exceptional sprinter-hurdler named Ian Broadhurst. He took bronze in the
Thursday night, I submitted a dozen questions to Rex Harvey and incumbent Stan Perkins, candidates for president of World Masters Athletics. I gave ’em a deadline of Oct. 11 to complete the surveys, so I could post them the weekend
