2016 World Athletics Championships, held in the sunny and beautiful Perth, Australia. Where nearly 5000 Athletes gathered to compete. Here are a selection of the some of the videos you the athletes have gathered and posted.
Age is just a number for 89-year-old Daisy Victor. Still going strong, the Tamil Nadu lady has participated in over 20 international meets, 36 national meets, 59 district meets, and has won 414 medals. In 2018, she added another feather to her cap by winning the bronze medal at World Masters Athletics Championships for shot […]
Florence Wasike is undoubtedly a household name in Kenyan athletics when it comes to sprints and hurdles. The Kenya Prisons officer competes effectively in both the 100m and 400m hurdles races and feels equally at home managing the heptathlon. Wasike rightfully boasts of a collection of medals she scooped during the three Commonwealth Games at […]
Practicing shot put. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review) Practicing shot put. (Liam Harrap/Revelstoke Review) Marek Glowacki proves age is no barrier for setting national sport records. The 80-year-old Revelstokian shattered two Canadian records at a track and field event last month in Vernon for the masters division. One was in shot put with a distance of […]
At 55 years old, after millions of throws and thousands of competitions, Jon Claymore’s passion for the javelin burns as bright as ever — and his drive to be the best still knows no limit. Even after 43 years as a competitor in the javelin, from high school through the NCAA national championships to the […]