Russia’s Mariya Konovalova, who until 2010 was primarily a track star, set a W40 world record in the marathon in March. But oops! She’s no longer the record-holder. Runner’s World reports that Mariya, who took fifth in the 2008 Olympic
Masters official Carroll DeWeese, a recent David Pain Award winner, licked cancer. Now he’s hoping to cure what ails Birmingham. Michigan. On Tuesday he took fourth out of 13 candidates for the City Commission, a four-year gig. (See a ton
Ontario masters track maven Doug “Shaggy” Smith announced Tuesday on Facebook that Toronto [update: may] seek to host the 2020 World Masters Athletics Championships. He’s already set up a FB page to promote the bid. Doug tells me he’s unlikely
A smaller and gentler worlds is coming next year, according to a Western Australia report (get used to seeeing “WA” everywhere). “More than 4,000 athletes are expected to descend on WA for the World Masters Athletics Championships to be held
Bob Arello, the world-class M55 thrower, responded Wednesday to my queries in the wake of his USADA warning. But his email went into my spam folder, and I didn’t see it until Sunday. Sorry. Bob writes that he’s been taking
M35 multi-eventer Darrin Norwood is Queensland Masters Athlete of the Year, and he has the scars to prove it. As we learn from his local paper, Darrin, an experienced personal trainer, “reflected on his major scare” at the recent Oceania
M65 role model Rex Harvey updated Facebook with a status report Thursday on his appendix cancer fight. It’s technical but hopeful. “Been getting calls lately about status, so I hope this will let many of you know at once,” Rex
Aussie star Albert Gay, no relation to Tyson, won Lyon silver in the vault and bronze in the dec. Not bad for being 74 — at the top of his age group. So he’s really looking forward to 2016 Perth
Twenty days ago, Jen Freemas of San Francisco set a W35 American record in the little-contested women’s decathlon. I noted that the marks weren’t exceptional. But shutmymouth! She had some good reasons. Graciously responding to my queries, she wrote: “Yes,
Budapest world champ Bob Arello won the throws pentathlon and super weight at masters throws nationals. (And got second in the ultrweight pent.) But he’s lost his medals, thanks to not having a TUE. USADA announced Tuesday that “Robert Arello
Ten days ago, WMA updated its world record lists. Not long after, the website was rejiggered. For many years, the records were posted as HTML files (regular web pages). But now they’re PDFs. (See outdoor men’s records. and see outdoor
Jean-Luc Duez of France won M50 gold at Lyon and was credited with a decathlon WR even though he had a higher score earlier. Now we learn, via the Eurovets top 10 site, that Jean-Luc (now 52!) has beaten his
