Health and Wellbeing

Cleveland is in full swing with preparations to host the Pan-American Masters Games in Summer 2024

August 1, 2022 - Events , Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing , Travel , IMGA News , News Cleveland 2024

The Pan-American Masters Games (PAMG) is a celebration of vibrancy and sportsmanship, bringing together athletes from more than 50 countries to compete in over 20 metal-contending sports. A major event for International Masters Games Association...

Fun and fitness with 26 sports at the next 2023 APMG in Jeonbuk, South Korea

June 21, 2022 - Events , Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing , Travel , IMGA News , News Jeonbuk 2023

Less than one year to go for the opening of the 2023 Asia Pacific Masters Games In Jeonbuk, South Korea. With 26 sports on the program the event has something for each and every senior athlete who wants to experience some good times full of fun,...

Parret hails "community spirit" at IMGA World Masters Games

May 30, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing , Travel

Australia's Jim Parret has lauded the potential for the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) World Masters Games to bring people together and offer athletes the chance to meet new people from around the world. Parret was diagnosed with...

Jaqueline Mourao: Eight Olympics, three sports and far from finished

May 25, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing

‘Legend’ is a word so often overused in sport, but in the case of eight-time Olympian Jaqueline Mourao it is entirely accurate and appropriate. While other Brazilians have won more medals, none have appeared at as many Olympics, or competed in...

These 90-Year-Old Runners Have Some Advice for You

May 24, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing

The scene at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Fla., was recognizable, not unlike any high school track and field meet. There was a practice area where athletes jogged and stretched. There were anxious runners milling about the track and tarps...

Stanislaw Kowalski, world's oldest athlete, dies at 111

April 14, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing

Stanisław Kowalski (1910-2022) was a Polish supercentenarian masters athlete who, at the age of 105, became the oldest ever competing athlete in the newly formed M105 age division (ages 105–109) in sprinting, shot put and discus throw. Kowalski...

Pam Wilson, 66 years: Eldest athlete at Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games

March 29, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing

At 66 years-young, Pam Wilson was the eldest Para athlete at Beijing 2022 and made her Paralympic debut for USA in wheelchair curling. "It's never too late to pick up a new hobby, or get your first gold medal." she said. She took up...

Paralympian legend Duane Kale values Paralympic's role in social change and inclusion

March 7, 2022 - Community , Health and Wellbeing

Raised in the sunny Hawkes Bay in New Zealand, Duane was an able bodied, competitive triathlete, until 1990 when his life changed. Having had a fall off his bike during a training session, he was put on heavy pain medication and advised to rest. 18...

'Never too late': Older athletes are breaking records at the 2022 Beijing Olympics

February 16, 2022 - Sport , Community , Health and Wellbeing

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein smiled wide, out of breath, as she crossed the finish line of the women's 3000 meter race on Feb. 5. Pechstein, a long-time speed skater, looked ecstatic at her finish – which was dead last. She turns...

41-year-old Johan Clarey becomes oldest Olympic medallist in alpine skiing

February 7, 2022 - Sport , Health and Wellbeing

The French veteran, who also holds the World Cup speed record, surpassed Bode Miller's previous mark in the men's downhill at Beijing 2022. At 41 years and 30 days of age, the Frenchman has become the oldest alpine skier to medal at an Olympic...