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- Masters athlete appointed to lead British Athletics August 28, 2019British Masters Athletic Federation are delighted that one of their active members, Zara Hyde-Peters, is now taking over as Chief Executive of UKA, the national governing body of athletics. With less than twelve months before the Olympics in Tokyo, she has a daunting task. UKA receives one of the largest financial grants from the Government, […]
- European Masters Athletics Championships 5-15 September, Italy August 28, 2019The Italian Masters are now making their final preparations for a record-breaking 5,039 competitors who will be arriving on their Adriatic coast, for the EMA Track & Field Championships. EMA allow non-Europeans to enter under certain criteria. 113 athletes from as far away as Australia, USA, Hong Kong have entered. Using three stadiums with […]
- DLR Masters Athletics Research August 23, 2019Some of you may remember back in Malaga there were some studies being undertaken on Masters Athletes and here we are happy to post some of those findings. It also appears the researchers will be continuing with this research to aid the population of us ageing athletes. ————- ————- ————- ————– ————– The post DLR […]
- USA paradigm August 1, 2019We are only 12 months away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and as elite athletes train and compete in top races, it was so encouraging to read that the US Track & Field Governing Body were able to schedule in a Masters M/W50 200m race into their busy programme during their National Championships held last […]
- Passing of a Masters Legend – Professor Karri Wichmann July 25, 2019Professor Karri Wichmann It is with much sadness that we report the death of Professor Dr. Karri Wichmann, Finland, on 10 July at the great age of 93. Karri was the Europe Representative on our Anti Doping and Medical Committee from 1997-2009, whilst also continuing to deal with Therapeutic Use Exemption Certificates (TUEs) for European […]