Christopher Kelsall

The director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Veronika Loginova, announced in April that she is ready to run against Witold Bańka for the presidency of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Seven months later, Loginova is attending her first...

The Romans traversed through the small Spanish city of Soria, located 230 kilometres north of the metropolis of Madrid. The 4th-century BC town with a population of fewer than 40,000 is a recreational hub where hiking and bouldering are...

The war of words between the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) President, Travis T. Tygart, and Witold Bańka, the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), continues. To quote Elvis Costello from 1977, who is "Watching the Detectives?"  Twenty-three Chinese...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Heads should roll. What he allegedly did Prosecutors in the State of Oregon charged Daniel Stephen Bowdoin with five counts of child sex abuse. Bowdoin was the CEO and COO of AthleticTiming, a timing...

Some interesting news about the 2028 Summer Olympic Games reveals that the repêchage rounds are returning. Coach Bobbee Kersee sounds off about the impossibility of having the 400 metre and 400 metre hurdles double as they are too close...

© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated While the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the Russian Olympic Committee are campaigning to return to international competition, athletes continue to test positive. This is not good...

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), in partnership with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), followed a lead from a whistleblower to catch two-time world championships medallist Marvin Bracy-Williams. The American 31-year-old sprinter tested positive for testosterone. Tampering was also identified;...

You cannot be blamed for not knowing who Isaia Lasoi of Kenya is. He is just not quite — but almost — fast enough to be a known entity in running circles. Lasoi won the 2025 Boston Half Marathon...

Paul Tergat, two-time Olympic silver medallist and former marathon world record holder, has announced a long-term partnership with AMG Sport. Fans may recall Tergat, who ran 2:04:55 in the 2003 edition of the Berlin Marathon (before the advent of...

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continue to demonstrate that pursuing cheaters is a focus, and the long arm of the law is continuously and actively pursuing the dopers. Varsha Tekam On Monday, the AIU revisited...