Athletics

City athletes impress at World Masters Championships in Lyon

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CITY athletes Edmund Shillabeer and Simon Anderson both impressed at the World Masters Championships in Lyon, France.

Race walker Shillabeer won an individual bronze in the over-75s 20km event.

The 76-year-old, who helped Great Britain to a team gold, clocked two hours and 14.35 minutes.

He had earlier claimed a fourth place in the 10km race in a time of 1:05.37.

Meanwhile, City of Plymouth athlete and coach Anderson (pictured) certainly had his work cut out on the track in the highly-competitive over-50s 800m and 1,500m events.

British Masters champion Anderson finished just outside the medals in the 1,500m final.  He ended up fifth, following a sprint finish, with a time of 4:18.16. The race was won by his Great Britain team-mate David Heath.

There was a big entry for the 800m and so there were heats, semis and a final.

Anderson, though, reached the final, clocking 2:10.41 in the heats and then 2:08.90 in the semis before finishing 11th in 2:10.64 in the final.

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