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🇺🇸 🥉Our podium celebration from the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea 🇰🇷 closes out the week with us acknowledging our bronze medalists.

Behind every bronze medal are countless hours of training, sacrifice, determination, and the courage to compete against some of the world's best.

To our bronze medalists: You competed, persevered, and brought home hardware from the world stage! 🌎 🙌

🇺🇸 🥈 The podium celebration continues! Today, we're acknowledging our silver medalists who delivered outstanding performances at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. 🇰🇷

Every silver medal represents determination, discipline, perseverance, and the drive to compete among the very best Masters athletes in the world.

To our silver medalists: You represented Team USA with pride and earned your place on the world podium. 🌎 🙌

📰IN THE NEWS: 👇Click below to read the article from The Anniston Star about world champion Latasha Dodson's history-making achievements in the 400m hurdles and the 100m hurdles for the women's 35-39 age group. 🌎 🇺🇸

Choccolocco’s Latasha Dodson wins big at WMA Championship From Choccolocco to the world stage: White Plains High and JSU alum Latasha Dodson won three gold medals and set a world record at the World Masters Athletics Championship in South Korea. Dodson credits her husband, Nick, with sparking her return.

🇺🇸 🥇This week we're celebrating the podium from the World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships in Daegu, South Korea🇰🇷. Let's get things kicked off by honoring our WORLD CHAMPIONS!

Every gold medal represents more than a victory—it reflects years of dedication, discipline, perseverance, and a commitment to excellence that has no age limit.

To our champions: You came, you competed, and you conquered on the world stage. 🌎 🙌

🌎 During the World Masters Athletics (WMA ) Outdoor Championships, the WMA Council celebrated the induction of its members to the Gallery of Champions. 🏆

Team USA inductees pictured on the top row are:

🇺🇸 Rachel Guest (W50) - 🥇4X100m Relay; 🥈80m Hurdles; USATF Masters Executive Committee Member (Secretary/Awards Chair) *2024 INDUCTEE

🇺🇸 Scott Eriksson (M65) - 🥇Shot Put; 🥇Discus Throw; Publisher/Editor of National Masters News *2026 INDUCTEE

▶️WMA Gallery of Champions Ceremony 🔗 https://world-masters-athletics.org/news/2026-gallery-of-champions-induction-ceremony/

▶️National Masters News 🔗 https://www.mastersnews.com/

📷Lutwin Jungmann

📊📈The numbers are in! 👀 But guess what...more content from the 2026 World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships is on the way. We're just getting started!😉

🌎🏆 The 2026 World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships for athletes ages 35 & up held in Daegu, South Korea 🇰🇷 concluded with USA Track & Field 🇺🇸 on top as the #1 team in the world! 🙌

See complete medal count list of countries. 🔗
https://world-masters-athletics.org/wmacs2026/wmacs2026-medal-count/



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📰 IN THE NEWS: 🥇Gold medalist Jo Phelps, 67, put her hand to her mouth to try and calm the emotion about to pour out. Her expression gave meaning to the medal ceremony. 🔗 Click below to find out why the World Masters Athletics Championships were a big deal to her.

This Was Her Moment Of A Lifetime Jo holding a baton in the cavernous stadium in Daegu, South Korea before the start of a relay. What a venue for Masters athletes! By Ray Glier Jo Phelps, 67, put her hand to her mouth to try and calm the emotion about to pour out. Phelps had won the gold medal in the pole vault for women ages 65 to....

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