Regardless, point is that it's not a world record if it isn't the fastest performance ever. It doesn't make sense to call a performance a "masters world record."
Except that these records are kept, and people do run "the fastest time for a woman >39". By your logic there also wouldn't be world records for men and women separately?
Except that these records are kept, and people do run "the fastest time for a woman >39". By your logic there also wouldn't be world records for men and women separately?
Except that these records are kept, and people do run "the fastest time for a woman >39". By your logic there also wouldn't be world records for men and women separately?
Do you call the NCAA 1500m record "the NCAA world record" because it's the fastest time in the world by an NCAA runner?
Except that these records are kept, and people do run "the fastest time for a woman >39". By your logic there also wouldn't be world records for men and women separately?
Do you call the NCAA 1500m record "the NCAA world record" because it's the fastest time in the world by an NCAA runner?
It’s just the way it is. They are age-group World Records.
Here’s a link to them all for Masters Women’s Indoor Events:
Except that these records are kept, and people do run "the fastest time for a woman >39". By your logic there also wouldn't be world records for men and women separately?
Do you call the NCAA 1500m record "the NCAA world record" because it's the fastest time in the world by an NCAA runner?
The NCAA is not the world. World age records are. Is there no such thing as Jr World Championships?