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- Virtual Challenge Returns to Celebrate Masters Athletics April 23, 2021Last year, a group of Masters Athletes conceived a virtual competition to honor Toronto2020, our cancelled WMA Championship. We asked our MastersRankings.com, also known as World Masters Rankings, to help as we could not be directly involved at the time. WMA representatives helped where we could including advising on rules for a virtual competition and officiating at […]
- Tampere Confirms Dates for 2022 WMA World Championships March 30, 2021World Masters Athletics and LOC of Tampere have agreed on the dates for the upcoming WMA World Championships next year in Finland. WMA, the Athletic Federation of Finland and the city of Tampere will invite the masters family to compete and meet from 29.06. – 10.07.2022. “Together we will work hard to offer a […]
- Ground Breaking Agreement with World Athletics to combine Cross Country Championships in 2022 March 24, 2021We are delighted to confirm World Athletics and World Masters Athletics have reached a historic agreement that will see masters championships held for the first time alongside the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, next year. The World Athletics Council approved the proposal last week while confirming the competition timetables for both Bathurst and […]
- WMA to Honor Excellence March 8, 2021Many of us, World Masters Athletics included, tried to maintain normalcy in the rare cases we could. WMA, Regional and National Championships were responsibly cancelled. Our annual Best Athlete awards are given to athletes competing in those championships who also had exceptional performances. 2020 WMA Best Athletes awards were not possible. We were compelled to […]
- Daegu International Virtual Marathon February 5, 2021The Daegu International Marathon event to be held in April are providing a free for WMA virtual marathon event. Please note this is not an official WMA event, and does not count as any championship, this is a fun event for entry during these trying times and which we here at the WMA are thankful […]