Whilst I didn’t personally compete in the 2022 World Masters Athletics Championships held in Tampere Finland, I was very interested to follow the M60 age category in the 100m, 200m, and 400m events. In a word the performances by the athletes in these races were simply incredible!
The links below contain youtube playlists of each event – use the burger menu (three horizontal lines at the top right of the video) to select the required race :
GOLD – John Wright (GBI) 54,92 | SILVER – Michael Vassiliou (GBI) 56,41 | BRONZE – Shunji Akiyama (Japan) 57,39 | 4th Ülo Randaru Estonia 58,79 | 5th Jan Czastka Poland 58,86 | 6th Peter Ilo GB&I 1.00,55 | 7th Roberto Aguirrebengoa Spain 1.01,34 | 8th William Yelverton USA 1.06,70
100m Final, 2x Semi Finals
GOLD Allan Tissenbaum (USA) 11.90 | SILVER John Wright (GBI) 11.94 | BRONZE Patrice Carnier (FR) 12.10 | 4th Giancarlo D’Oro (ITA) 12.27 | 5th Michael Cassidy (AUS) 12.32 | 6th Ulo Randaru (Estonia) 12.61 | 7th Andreas Berger (Austria) 12.73 | 8th Maurizio Ceola (ITA) 12.97