M65 runner Dave Clarke doubles up as Britain go clear second in medal desk on a day highlighted by a Kenyan world report
Within the World Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Florida, Britain received two gold medals within the males’s 3000m races on Tuesday (March 25) and in addition received a shot title as they saved their place simply in second on the medal desk with 12 golds, 9 silvers and 13 bronzes albeit method behind the American hosts who’ve now received 53 golds and 172 medals.
Canada, who’ve the second greatest group (albeit a fraction of the People), are third within the desk (12, 9, 13).
Michael Hausler received M65 shot gold with a 13.56m throw forward of Latvia’s Saulius Svilainis (13.25m) as Britain’s John Moreland was eighth with 11.70m.
David Proctor used his 1:48.32 800m velocity to win an exciting M35 3000m race in 8:36.14.
Six runners have been nonetheless in rivalry because the leaders handed 2000m in 5:53.29 however it was all the way down to 4 as they hit 400m to go. The Sale Harrier fought all the best way to the end with Spain’s Ignacio Garcia Ramon, who had just a few days earlier received cross-country gold, however a 61.59 final 400m and a couple of:41.59 ultimate kilometre received him residence with 22 hundredths of a second to spare.
Dave Clarke turned the primary Brit in Gainesville to win two particular person golds as he adopted up his M65 800m title the day earlier than with a tough fought 3000m victory in a championships report 10:08.04.
American Daniel King set a quick tempo of three:21.61 at 1000m and 6:45.43 at 2000m with Clarke a foot behind and that was nonetheless the case as they swung into the end straight.
Clarke kicked onerous with 50m to go and a 37.25 final 200m edged him forward by lower than a second.
Cross nation winner Jukka Kauppila was third with British 800m medallist John Thompson fourth in 10:36.65.
The highest efficiency of the day really got here from Kenya who’ve a small group competing right here.
Successful their second gold medal of the Video games was Francis Bowen Kipkoech, who had a 27:45.20 10,000m and a couple of:08:01 marathon greatest. He set a M50 world report of 8:36.23 as he received gold by over half a minute.
Kenyan M50 Francis Bowen Kipkoech on his method to a world 3000m report of 8:36.23 lapping Canadian Craig Maclean
After a kilometre in 2:53.74 he was barely down on schedule however thereafter he ran constant 34 second laps to go 2km in 5:46.73.
An acceleration to 31.95 noticed him run a 2:49.50 ultimate kilometre to higher the earlier report of 8:37.73 by Spain’s Juan Anthony Barranco.
Cross Nation bronze medalist Brent Brodie of Britain was inexplicably seeded within the B ultimate.
Consequently he had a lonely race profitable by 35 seconds and was consistently in lane two lapping runners as he timed 9:20.27 and had he been within the A ultimate he would nearly definitely have received bronze. Nevertheless he needed to accept an general fifth once they mixed the 2 races.
France’s Jean-Louis Esnault was additionally in world report breaking kind as he adopted up cross nation silver and 800m gold with a world report 13:39.24 within the M85 occasion.
He completed with a 46.17 ultimate circuit.
Britain did win 4 medals in different races although.
Germany’s Miguel Molero-Eichwin leads the M55 3000m with Mark Symes in eighth
The M55 800m champion Mark Symes made a uncommon forage into 3000m however got here out second greatest to cross nation champion Miguel Molero-Eichwein of Germany who received in a quick solo 9:16.64.
Symes, who had restricted imaginative and prescient after a stroke just a few years in the past, must be cautious operating in massive teams and held again via a 3:12.65 opening kilo earlier than transferring as much as second at 2km in 6:24.66 after which producing a 3:01.42 closing kilometre to take silver and his 9:26.08 was his quickest for 5 years.
He was chased residence by team-mate Dave Cowlishaw who ran 9:29.85.
M55 podium – Symes, Molero-Eichwein, Dave Cowlishaw
Lower than 24 hours after setting a 800m PB in profitable the silver medal, Chris Loudon set one other this time over 3000m as he received M40 bronze in 8:39.08 beating his earlier greatest by 13 seconds.
That point broke the previous championships report however he trailed two People Joseph Grey (8:28.25) and James Grabow (8:37.03).
Chris Loudon chases Joseph Grey within the M40 3000m
Grey, a 28:18.73 10,000m performer just a few years in the past, had beforehand received the cross-country and ran a final 2:46.33 opening kilometre.
Ron Cattle received his second medal of the championships following his cross nation silver as he took M75 bronze in 12:35.46 after main for a lot of the primary 2000m.
The race was received by 800m runner-up Hans Smeets’ 12:24.31.
British born Canadian Simon Rayner simply misplaced out within the M60 race to Netherlands’ Benjamin Romkes’ 9:59.61 to 9:59.84 after cross nation champion John Meagher of Australia had led a lot of the race.
Whereas British center distance runners are largely out in power in Florida, the highest sprinters are thinner on the bottom and Britain received solely a single males’s medal at 60m after two the day gone by for the ladies.
That went to TJ Ossai who ran 7.28 to take M45 bronze by simply 9 thousandths of a second in a race received by Sweden’s Lion Martinez in 7.08.
That was a uncommon non residence win as USA males, who dominated the cross nation however didn’t win a single 800m gold, have been again on high at 60m.
They received M35, M40, M50, M55, M65, M70, M75, M80 and M85 titles and in addition a lot of the different medals too!
American Kenton Brown received the M80 60m in an enormous world report of 8.76.
Briton Allan Lengthy was fifth in 9.45.
Joshua Wooden completed fourth within the M50 race in 7.45 behind three People led by Garth Robinson’s championships greatest 7.15.
Russell Whiting (7.68) and Kevin Craven (7.71) have been fifth and sixth within the M55 class behind 4 People led by Arif Hussain’s championships and close to world report 7.34.
German Roland Gregor denied USA M60 gold by eight hundreds of a second in 7.67 with Brits Anthony Burniston fourth (7.90) and Pat Logan eighth (8.15).
Damien Leake (7.97) led a US clear sweep within the 70s with all of the medallists breaking the earlier championships greatest.
The M75s additionally clear swept led by NZ Bryant junior in 8.66 with Charles Ryder eighth in 9.80.
Charles Jackson took M35 gold in 6.97 simply 4 hundreds of a second up on Florent Ribet.
M40 Antoine Echols (6.95) was quickest.
Mongolian Radnaa Tseren added 60m gold to his 800m title as he received the M90 title simply in a championship report 10.94. The world report is 10.91.
Sadly, 104 year-old Sawang Janpram was a non starter after injuring himself within the shot.
Hurdles world report holder Joe Appiah gave the pentathlon a uncommon attempt to received the bronze with 3319 factors with a 8.76 hurdles, 5.71m lengthy soar, 8.01m shot, 1.64m excessive soar and painful 4:03.80 1000m.
He additionally certified for the M50 60m ultimate however jogged via final to avoid wasting himself for his multi occasion.
Czech Marwk Volf received gold with 3682 factors and Brit Grant Stirling (3199) was fifth.
Sprint Newington (3409 with 10.10, 1.53m, 7.75m, 5.07m and a couple of:39.53 800m) and Jodie Albrow (3331 with 9.50, 1.41m, 9.07m, 4.69m and a couple of:42.46) took silver and bronzes within the W40 Pentathlon.
Gold went to Maria Serrano of Chile with 3493 factors.
Janet Smith was third (41.26m) and Susan Jones (32.39m) was eighth within the W60 hammer received by France’s Claudine Cacaut’s championships report 47.19m.
Allan Leiper was fifth and high European within the shot with 14.00m as Scott Eriksson (15.37m) led one other US clear sweep.
Multi world champion Man Dirkin, a former 56.40m discus thrower and AAA finalist however now Florida-based, was fourth within the weight in 15.82m as Aussie Gavin Murray received with 17.73m.
Claire Cameron was eighth within the W65 hammer with 25.95m as Carol Finsrud led a US high 4 with 39.28m.
Nina Ridge was sixth within the W50 Pentathlon with 3358 factors as American Marsha Baird received with 4156 factors.
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