The USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set for Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Thursday through Sunday, July 11-14. Many of the world’s best athletes are among the almost 900 who will be competing in Ames. Participants include Olympians, world record holders, national champions –
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The fastest 70-year-old runner in Los Angeles Marathon history might not be the fastest, after all. Just over three months after he finished the 2019 marathon in a record 2:53:10, the fastest time ever logged by a man of his age, Frank
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Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Masters Athletics Association (Samas) contingent won a staggering 87 gold medals, surpassing their earlier 48-gold target at the Malaysia Masters Athletics Championship held at Stadium University Malaya from June 22-23.They captured the overall title with the addition of 48
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‘I thought, “My God, I could easily beat that,’” nonagenarian sprinter says after smashing 50-metre dash time A 96-year-old grandfather who strives to be faster than anyone his age never doubted he would beat a world’s-best run time on Saturday. “It’s a cinch
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If like me you watch a lot of athletics you will no doubt be aware that over the past couple of years especially there has been some outstanding results for Masters Athletes whilst competing at we would describe as elite competitions, those
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New research shows that older adults who exercise regularly can perform everyday tasks more easily and gain independence. Insufficient physical activity causes around 3.2 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). These declining levels of physical activity may be
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EMAC2019 – Venice is now less than 100 days to go, with the organiser claiming/hoping the vent will attract around 8000 athletes (possibly event entries) this would be the largest European champs ever.  And of course that’s reflected in the number of
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The weekend saw what we hope to be the start of a great masters series of events being incorporated into mainstream big events being held across the UK, In the UK England Athletics (not GB) have started to acknowledge the role of
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Busselton man Jo Peters has capped off a superb season in Masters Athletics, winning five golds and a silver at the Australian Masters Athletics Championships in Melbourne in April. The 65-year-old athlete won gold for the throws pentathlon, hammer-throw, discus, javelin, weight
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Dexter Townships’ Booth gets redemption, wins gold at World Masters Athletics In Sept. 2018 The Sun Times News featured the accomplishments of Howard Booth, the 75-year old Dexter Township resident who earned a silver medal and four top ten finishes at the
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