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Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium. But with the exception of the marathon and three race walking events, WMA does not publish world records in other common road racing
The World Association of Veteran Athletes was founded August 9, 1977, at the second World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. World masters championships have been held outdoors every two years ever since, and a biennial World Masters Indoor Championships debuted in March 2004 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
Several world championship events are conducted by WMA. [8] Some competitions are held as part of larger events – for example, the World Masters Athletics 100 km Championships have been conducted as part of the IAU World 100 Kilometres Challenge, with the exception of the first edition in 1998 which was held as a distinct event.
The World Masters Athletics Championships are the biennial championships for masters athletics events held under the auspices of World Masters Athletics, formerly called the World Association of Veteran Athletes, for athletes 35 years of age or older. [1] [2]: 75 Masters athletes are divided into 5-year age groups. [3]: 35
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.
Igor Astapkovich Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records [5] Inha Babakova Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor [7] Abdellah Béhar France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor [5] Mike Boit Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor [5]
The World Athletics Rankings are an individual athlete ranking system for the sport of athletics, managed by World Athletics. It is used to establish the number one athlete within an athletics event and to partially determine qualification into the World Athletics Championships and the athletics at the Summer Olympics .