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MASTERS SPRINTERS AND HURDLERS GEAR UP FOR BRAZIL ! 13 Male and 11 female sprinters & hurdlers will make up part of the team from SA who are gearing up for the 20th World Masters Athletics Championships in Port Alegra, Brazil to be held from 16 - 27 October 2013  https://wma2013.com/en/  .  This will be the first time the championships are held on the South American Continent. ADRI SCHOEMAN (past Olympian 1992) going into her first world masters champs with best times of 11,90 and 24,3, will be one of the main contenders for the sprint titles in the (W.40-44) age group.  In 2012 she was ranked 2 nd in the 100m with a time of 11,95 behind Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas who at the time was still competing in the elite competitions but was not an officially registered masters athlete.   In 2012 Adri was at the top of the rankings with a time of 24,46.  In the 45-49 age group WINNIE DE WINNAAR has the best time on paper with 12,80 a...

MASTERS ATHLETES TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS ( https://wma2013.com/en/ )  IN BRAZIL (16 – 27 OCTOBER 2013) One of the biggest contingents of masters athletes ever to compete at a world championships (16 – 27 October in Porto Alegra, Brazil) will be leaving for Brazil in a few weeks time.   The contingent will consist of +- 60 competitors, plus some partners and supporters.   The athletes are men and women aged between 35 – 90 years  who will compete in a total of more than 200 events. (including three 80+ year olds and one 90 year old) ! (Lucas Nel (90) former Springbok Cross Country Athlete in his youth and still going strong !) The Team from South Africa will consist of athletes who will be competing in all events – sprints and hurdles, middle and long distances on the track, field events (jumps) and throws, decathlon and heptathlon and pentathlon, as well as a 8km cross country and the marathon which this ...

BUILD UP TO WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BRAZIL It has been reported that 53 athletes of all age groups and track and field disciplines will represent South Africa at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Brazil during October. Upload Image Ambassador N° 28 for Porto Alegre: Bob Banens (AUS) http://www.world-masters-athleti... WMA - World Masters Athlet

Masters Athletics  shared a  link . 2 minutes ago WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS promotion in Moscow http://world-masters-athletics.org/news/449-wma-promotion-in-moscow World Masters Athletics promotion booth was established at the IAAF Congress held the past few days in Moscow (Russia). The m ... See More WMA promotion in Moscow world-masters-athletics.org WMA - World Masters Athletics

Masters Athletics  shared a  link . Friday CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES EXTENDED TO 24 AUGUST FOR THE WORLD MASTERS ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS - PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - 16 - 26 OCT 2013 https://wma2013.com/en XX World Masters Athletics - Porto Alegre – Brazil – 2013 wma2013.com It is with joy and pride that we will be hosting the World Masters Athletics Championship in 2013. Porto Alegre will be the first L. A. city to host this great event. 1 Like  ·   ·  Share

7 MASTERS ATHLETES FROM S.A. ARE COMPETING IN THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES IN TORINO, ITALY FROM 3 - 11 AUGUST. FOLLOW THEIR PERFORMANCES ON THE FOLLOWING LINK. http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2013/COD3964/RESULTSBYEVENT1.htm http://www.fidal.it/risultati/2013/COD3964/RESULTSBYEVENT1.htm www.fidal.it Like  ·   ·  Share

Women over 60 smashing Records (courtesy www. world-masters-athletics.org) www.world-masters-athletics.org Aussies: Every national championship produces many exciting competitions and outstanding individual performances and the 2013 Australian Masters Athletics championships in Canberra, the national capital, was  no different. There were a number of new Australian and Championship Records as well as a World Record to conclude the very successful championships. The existing 4x800m relay World Record of 11 minutes 47.30 set by a Dutch team in 2011 was convincingly shattered by an Australia W60 team consisting of Kathy Sims, Kathryn Heagney, Jeanette Flynn and Paula Moorehouse who, together, covered the distance in 11 minutes 22.59. The four women only had the opportunity to come together as a team at the Championships as they live in four totally different areas in Australia. For too long successful older women athletes have been largely ignored in mainstream newspapers but the ...