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E-mail: tomp2@tiscali.co.uk |
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Photography by Tom Phillips |
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Moving Mountains |
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The World Masters Indoors Athletics Championships 2008 Clermont Ferrand, France, 17 t0 22 March 2008 |
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I confess—I am very biased in favour of these Championships. I came home with a relay gold medal, and won a B final, as well as achieving a place in my first ever individual World final event. I could almost forgive the Championship organizers for some of the administrative shortcomings that made life hard for the athletes. Almost. You can read more on my blog page. I hope you enjoy the pictures. The usual apologies about gaps apply. C’mon, I raced eight times during the week myself! These galleries are dedicated to Fran Scott, who we really missed in France, and for whom we wore the black ribbon.
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Monday 17 March
Masses of action, and lots of pictures, when I wasn’t involved in two rounds of 60m races myself!
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Tuesday 18 March
A long day. 200m quarter finals were still being run at gone 11 at night. Not WMA’s best day.
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Thursday 20 March
I had no races today, so managed to cover quite a lot of events in the stadium!
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Saturday 22 March
My birthday, and I got a relay gold as a present. Nice.
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USA Team in Clermont Ferrand
The USA presence was large and successful. Here’s some memories, guys.
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Italian Team in Clermont Ferrand
My Italian friends had a good championships. Ciao ragazzi!
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Other athletes in Clermont Ferrand
A collection of other Masters athletes from around the world.
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