2014_World_Masters_Athletics_Indoor_Championships
2014 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
International athletics championship event
2014 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the sixth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi). This sixth edition took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 25 to 30 March 2014. [2]
The main venue was SYMA Sport- és Rendezvényközpont (English: SYMA Sports and Conference Centre), which has a banked indoor track where the turns are raised to neutralize the centrifugal force of athletes running the curves. Supplemental venues included Ferenc Puskás Stadium (demolished in 2017), KSI for throwing events, and City Park (Hungarian: Városliget) for non-stadia road events. [3]
This Championships was organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC): Márton Gyulai, Chairman, Hungarian Athletics Association. [1]
The WMA is the global governing body of the sport of athletics for athletes 35 years of age or older, setting rules for masters athletics competition. [4]
A full range of indoor track and field events were held. [5] In addition to indoor competition, non-stadia events included Half Marathon, [6] 10K Race Walk, Weight Throw, Hammer Throw, Discus Throw and Javelin Throw.