Participants
24905
Dates
21 – 30 Apr 2017
Sports
28
Country
New Zealand
For the love of sport
The Auckland 2017 World Masters Games brought together nearly 25,000 athletes from around the globe in a spectacular celebration of sport, camaraderie, and culture. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, magical event that showcased Auckland’s world-class venues and vibrant spirit on the international stage.
Athlete Comments & Reviews
“My friends just joined in and came as well!”
“I wanted to get back into that competitiveness and that competition arena and so someone shared about these Masters Games and so I looked into it and I thought that looks really lovely, I would like to try it and I joked around with some past friends and said: I think I’m going to do this Masters Games thing and they were like we’ll get into it too!”
“We travel and enjoy life through sport”
“These players like to keep fit, which is important if you want to travel and you want to enjoy life.”
“It’s the magic of the crowd, being with so many great people”
“I think just being part of the event has been the highlight of it all, winning would have been nice but didn’t really matter in the end. It’s just being there with everybody and meeting new people.”
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