On Sunday in Toronto, 97-year-old Canadian masters phenom Earl Price stormed to his twelfth age-group world document, clocking 48.89 seconds over 200m. The efficiency shaved greater than a second off the earlier indoor M95 document of fifty.40, set by Greece’s Konstantinos Chatziemanouil in 2024.
The race occurred on the Athletics Ontario mini-meet #3 on the Metro Monitor and Area Centre, and marks Price’s twelfth present world document–considered one of dozens he has set over his lengthy profession.
The time additionally demolishes the Canadian document of 1:07.60, set by Atter Singh Sekhon in 2019, by practically 20 seconds. It’s additionally not far off the outside world document of 48.09, which has stood since 2022. Age-graded, the efficiency is equal to a 23.33 200m for an athlete of their 20s.
“I’m very grateful,” Price wrote on Fb.
The Mississauga-based athlete, born in Saskatchewan, holds 11 different world data. Indoors, he owns the M90 and M95 400m marks in addition to the M70, M75, M90 and M95 data over 800m. Outside, he tops the leaderboard for the M85 and M90 400m, the M70 and M90 800m and the M85 200m hurdles.
Price additionally owns 22 Canadian indoor data, spanning occasions from the 200m to the mile, in addition to excessive bounce, and 19 outside data within the 200, 400m, 800m and lengthy hurdles.
See right here for outcomes from the Athletics Ontario mini-meet #3.
