2023 World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships is the ninth in a series of World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships (also called World Masters Athletics Championships Indoor, or WMACi). This ninth edition took place in Toruń, Poland, from 25 to 31 March 2023.
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This Championships was originally scheduled for 6-12 April, 2021 in Edmonton, Canada,
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but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was repeatedly postponed, first to 2022,
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then to 2023,
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but that was also canceled when Athletics Alberta withdrew its sponsorship in April 2022.
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This Championships is organized by World Masters Athletics (WMA) in coordination with a Local Organising Committee (LOC)
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headed by Michał Zaleski, Mayor of Toruń, and Wacław Krankowski, President of Polish Masters Athletics.
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.
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^ abKarla Del Grande competed in the W65 age group but turned 70 during this Championships.
^Virginia Mitchell's W60 800m record of 2:29:96 was bettered less than 10 minutes later by Sue McDonald (USA), who ran 2:25.72 and finished 3rd in the W55 age group, though McDonald turned 60 during this Championships.
^Sue McDonald competed in the W55 age group but turned 60 during this Championships.
^Lion Martinez set his M45 200m record of 22.23 in a morning semi-final; Martinez won the evening final in 22.42.
^Derek Pye set his M55 60m hurdles record of 8.41 in heat 1 to qualify for finals, however Pye tripped over the last hurdle while in the lead in the finals and finished 6th.
