Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympian, Joachim Nshimirimana, ITA, won M50 half marathon in 1:10:09. Michelle Rohl, USA, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympian, won W55 1500m in 4:53.07. 2009 WMA Best Female Athlete, Rita Hanscom, USA, earned gold in W65 pole vault with her 2.20m clearance. 2022 WMA Best Athlete, David Carr, AUS, is 2023 World Champion again by capturing the M90 1500m.
Magdalena Hristova, BUL, 8.96, Jennifer Gartmann, GER, 9.00 and Rachel Guest, USA, 9.15, made the podium in W45 after the closest 60m hurdles race of the day. Barbara Capellini, ITA, cleared all heights on her first attempt and Stacey Gonzalez Betancourt, GBR, only had one miss up to 3.10m for an exciting contest in W45 pole vault. Hans Smeets, NED, passed Gary Patton, USA, before the last curve which led to a sprint for the finish where Hans edged Gary 5:44.20 to 5:44.71.
Ingrid Meier, GER, outsprinted Caroline Marler, GBR, to lead Team Germany past Team Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the W70 4x200m relay, 2:34.19 to 2:34.35. Marion Ertl, Renate Richter, and Ingeborg Thoma ran for Germany with Lyn Ahmet Emily Mcmahon and Anne Nelson sprinting for Team GBR. The M65 4x200m relay was even closer with Team Poland, Krzysztof Zduniak, Stanislaw Klosowicz, Wieslaw Musial, and Waldemar Orlowski, running closly with Team Germany, Andreas Weise, Detlef Döpping, Ulrich Dirking, and Gerhard Zorn, for the entire race. Team Poland edged Team Germany 1:49.61 to 1:49.73.
It is apropos that the last race and event of the Championship was won by the host country’s 35+ mixed 4x200m relay team of Radoslaw Czyz, M35, Weronika Ilczuk, W35, Aneta Grot, W40, and Szymon Ogonowski, M35, who ran the fastest 4 x 200m mixed relay in 1:36.99. The youngest athlete, Lucie Membrado, W35, FRA, WMA Executive Vice President, Lynne Schickert, W80, AUS, WMA Women’s Committee Chair, Wilma Perkins, W70, AUS, 1996 and 2000 Olympian, Mattias Sunneborn, M50, SWE, and 2013 and 2018 WMA Best Male Athlete, Charles Allie, M75, USA, also competed in the mixed relay.