World Masters Athletics Championships Daegu 2026 – August 22 to September 3.

In this episode, a representative from the Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

joins Boyke to give international athletes the inside track on everything

that matters: competition venues, shuttle buses, free transport cards for all

participants, training facilities, accommodation booking, medical and

physiotherapy services, and how the LOC is managing the heat.

But this is more than a logistics briefing. Daegu is about to become the first

city in history to host both the Indoor and Outdoor World Masters Athletics

Championships – a dream that started with the 2017 Indoor event and comes true

this summer. Our guest also shares personal tips for first-time visitors: where

to eat, what to see, a few Korean phrases that will get you far, and why the

Athlete Holiday programme is worth planning around.

If you're competing in Daegu or still deciding whether to register – this

episode is your starting point.

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Amanda Bisk is a former elite pole vaulter who represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. After being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2011, she was forced to step away from competitive athletics entirely – and build something new.

What followed was a complete reinvention: yoga instructor, Pilates coach, personal trainer, CrossFit coach, and founder of a fitness app with over 600,000 Instagram followers. Now, at 40, she's back on the runway – jumping 3.85m in Masters pole vault and preparing for the World Masters Championships in Daegu.

In this episode, Boyke and Amanda talk about the identity crisis that comes with retirement, what longevity really means for a former elite athlete, and how coaching masters athletes compares to coaching professionals.

Topics covered: Masters athletics, chronic fatigue & recovery, pole vault technique, longevity training, building a fitness business, competing at 40+, World Masters Championships Daegu 2026.

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Damian Maxwell grew up in a town of 6,000 people in Jamaica.

Today he teaches mathematics at a US college, coaches sprinters,

pursues a PhD – and competes at masters athletics level on three

continents.

In this episode of the MainAthlet International Podcast, Damian

talks about the road from being a parish champion in Jamaica to

winning bronze at the World Masters Games in Taiwan – in the

triple jump, an event he had never seriously trained for.

He breaks down:

– How he walked away from track at 16 because of his faith

and came back a decade later with a fire nobody expected

– His training reality: self-coached, knee injury, PhD deadlines,

and still posting 11.2 in the 100m

– Why sub-11 in the 100m and sub-22 in the 200m are not dreams

but targets he's actively working toward

– How masters athletics became a mental health tool, a global

community, and a second career in content creation

– What he'd tell anyone on the fence about joining the masters

community: go for it

Damian also serves as PR representative for Jamaica Masters and

is building visibility for a sport that most people discover far

too late. His message is simple: your current situation does not

dictate your final destination.

A conversation about faith, discipline, reinvention – and what

it really takes to compete at the world level after 30.

Follow Damian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/d.a_max/

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