World Masters Athletics has posted what it calls world records set at Lyon. Wish it were true. More accurately, it’s a list of marks that beat listed world records. But at least a half-dozen were short of marks set earlier
Late Saturday night, I installed WordPress 4.3 on this site, using the same process I always do. Then my wife and I continued our vacation, and I didn’t check my site (or email) until late Sunday night. Uh oh. The
The Eurovets website is inviting nominations for WMA World Best Masters Athletes for 2015. The prize, of course, is a trip to Monaco for the IAAF Gala in late fall. Here’s what the Euros learn: “WMACS Lyon 2015 closed the
Anyone in Lyon would recognize this gent. Hugo Antonio Delgado Flores, 91, wore a big watch and bigger gray beard. It didn’t hurt his sprints apparently. Now we learn from his home country media that “he arrived last Wednesday night
M105 Polish sprinter Stansilaw Kowalski didn’t make it to Lyon. (I don’t know why.) So the oldest entrant at worlds was Brazil’s Frederico Fischer, 98, who ate up the attention. He told media folks that he was a decathlete in
As many have noted, Angela Jimenez of Minneapolis took her world-class eye to Lyon and captured amazing images for The New York Times. (See the gallery here.) It’s part of her ongoing “Racing Age” series on masters track (which I
Bob Weiner and Mary Trotto, apparently with little help from the LOC, crunched the numbers at Lyon worlds and came up with Team USA winning 160 medals, including 57 golds. Flo Meiler at 81 is taking 10 medals home to
Ten years ago, Don Pellmann of the S.F. Bay Area was rewriting the M90 record books. When I asked him about his future, he replied: “I see the really old guys (90s and over) that still try (and) do so
At least six world records were set in relays Sunday at Lyon worlds, including two by American 80-plus ladies in the 4-by-1 and 4-by-4. In the short relay, Christel Donley, Flo Meiler, Fei-Mei Chou and Irene Obera clocked 1:21.06 to
Sunday in Lyon is Relays Day as the 21st World Masters Athletics Championships conclude. The medal count as of Aug. 12 showed this order overall: Germany, France, UK and USA. I’m looking for great things from the French women, who
David Heath and Anselm LeBourne will meet in the IAAF Beijing 800 exhibition in two weeks, but it looks like David is a front-runner for gold. Friday in Lyon, the brilliant Brit clocked 4:01.54 in the metric mile at age
Liz Palmer is a connoisseur of fine wines — and masters athletes. She reminded me of the wonderful worlds Rachel Guest is having. She’s been on my radar, but I haven’t had a chance to do her justice. Liz helped
