Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer says a new $22.9 million program will encourage sport and physical activity providers to focus on empowering older Australians to become more active. Sport Australia will manage the Move It Aus – Better Ageing grants program, which
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Some of you who visit this blog of mine will know that I do have links currently with the WMA in the guise of running the WMA site as part of the Marketing and Communications Committee And its part of this role
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Between driving a special education bus for Gwinnett County Public Schools and parenting twins, Emma McGowan also somehow makes time to be an international track and field champion. Between driving a special education bus for Gwinnett County Public Schools and parenting twins,
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An 85-year-old man has set a new world record in his age group for endurance running. Geoff Oliver, of Hinckley Running Club, logged the record in Tooting by running over 77 miles in the space of 24 hours. https://youtu.be/clDd23AGzJA He set his
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Its been a few days now since the end of the 2018 World Masters Championships in Malaga, a championships that was extremely busy for me personally. As you may know along with running Master-Athlete.com I am the WebMaster for the WMA site.
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Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles published what they believe to be a much easier method of calculating health and fat levels. No more use of the BMI as standard measure! BMI The BMI has been a stalwart measurement
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The New WMA president elect is Margut Jungmann More to follow, as we get it!
Local veteran athletes have been “forbidden” by Spain from competing under the Gibraltar flag in the World Masters Athletics Championships, which started yesterday in Malaga. The World Masters Athletics organisation said the local athletes could run as “neutrals” but that it had
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AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle Beckford Jamaica’s 15-member team will get its campaign started in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain, today. The team, made up of 10 males and five females, will compete in men’s and women’s 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m
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The opening ceremony of the World Masters Championships will herald the beginning of two weeks of competition for over 8000 athletes from 101 countries! 445 USATF Masters Track & Field Athletes head to the World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships in Malaga, Spain!
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