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Masters athletes get physical online during shutdowns for World Masters Games Kansai 2021

May 25, 2020 - Community , News Kansai 2021

A centenarian sprinter, Olympians and some 300 other athletes have posted videos of their at-home training regimes ahead of the World Masters Games to be held in the Kansai region next year. The games organizing committee has asked athletes...

How Masters sport helped decathlete Chris Holloman find his road to recovery

May 20, 2020 - Events , Sport , Health and Wellbeing , Community

Decathlete Chris Holloman describes the last 20 years of his life as a “rollercoaster ride.” He’s overcome many hardships, and now the 46-year-old has his sights set on the 2021 World Masters Games in Japan. We spoke to Chris about his...

WMG Kansai 2021 launches campaign to share your home workout and #stayactive !

May 12, 2020 - Events , Community , News Kansai 2021

The organising committee of the World Masters Games (WMG) 2021 Kansai has started the “#StayActive” project and they ask all Masters athletes to share their experience by posting videos on their Social channels. Currently, many people around...

APMG South Korea 2022 preparations begin with inaugural meeting of the Organising Committee

May 12, 2020 - Events , News Jeonbuk 2023

The organisation of the 2022 Asia-Pacific Masters Games in South Korea has begun with the official formation of the Organising Committee this morning. We all live in uncertain times at the moment and big events have been cancelled for the...

Nigel’s 20th Belfast marathon is a walk around his Belfast house

May 6, 2020 - Sport , Health and Wellbeing

Sunday 3rd May was due to have been one of the first Belfast Marathons run on a Sunday, until the annual event was cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown. But a man who has run in the event 19 times decided to substitute the official race...

Dragon Boat Racer Beth Trevenen wins best masters performance in the Sportscover Clubbies award

May 6, 2020 - Sport

Dedicated Albany Dragon Boat Club member Beth Trevenen was recently recognised in the Sportscover Clubbies 2020 Awards, claiming the best masters performance category. The 83-year-old was one of 80 finalists selected over eight categories from an...

104-year-old Man Kaur continues to #StayActive during lockdown, preparing for Kansai 2021

May 6, 2020 - Health and Wellbeing , News Kansai 2021

We’re all stuck at home right now because of the coronavirus, but recently our team received wonderful news from India. Man Kaur, a 104 year old athlete, is continuing her WMG Kansai 2021 training as she stays active at home on her Punjabi...

Joyce Smith on winning first two London Marathons nearly 40 years ago as mother of two and running again in her 80s

April 27, 2020 - Events , Health and Wellbeing

Exclusive interview: Joyce Smith won first two editions of London Marathon women's race in '81 and '82 when she was a mum of two in her 40s. Joyce Smith’s motivation has never stemmed from any particular desire to alter perception; it has always...

Winter World Masters Games in Tyrol provide €6.8 million boost to local economy

April 23, 2020 - Events , News Innsbruck 2020

Three months after the end of the Winter World Masters Games, researchers from the Institute of Sports Science at Innsbruck University have presented the results of a study carried out on the effect of the WWMG 2020 on the local economy in Tyrol. As...

Masters Memories Wall

April 17, 2020 - Community

Favourite memories of our masters community   Powered by Curator.io /* curator-feed-masters-memories-layout */ (function(){ var i, e, d = document, s = "script";i = d.createElement("script");i.async = 1; i.src =...