"Rien ne va plus!" On Sunday, February 10, the registration office of the 3rd WMA-Indoor Championships in Clermont-Ferrand (FRA) closed.

All in all: C.-F. set new records. 3625 athletes from 59 countries entered and will participate in 6781 events.

Devided to the six WMA-Regions Europe is leading the participant-list: 3338 (more than the total number at Linz, two years ago) from 35 European federation will go to France (=92,1%), followed by North America & Caribic with 173 athletes. Then surprisingly Africa with 56 athletes before South America (26), Oceania (18) and Asia (14).

The host country, France, will send 1267 masters (a new record for a hosting country), followed by with Germany 383, Spain 334, Italy 319 and Great Britain 285. The biggest delegation outside from Europe is the USA-team with 132 masters.

Welcome to Clermont-Ferrand in four weeks! Soyez le bienvenu!