Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
100 metre world champion Oblique Seville to return to London Diamond League
World 100‑metre champion Oblique Seville will return to the Novuna London Athletics Meet on Saturday, July 18, carrying the kind of form and expectation that tends to follow a man who has finally stepped out of Jamaica’s long sprinting...
Former American middle-distance runner Jenny Simpson collapsed during run and taken to hospital with...
American middle-distance athlete, Jenny Simpson, was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after collapsing at the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh, NC. She was pacing an event.
The 39-year-old Olympic bronze medallist stopped breathing and was provided with CPR before being...
Bekoji, Ethiopia, the cradle of distance running was at it again with the Ethio...
Bekoji, the high-altitude, thin-air cradle of Ethiopian distance running, was at it again on Sunday. The town that has minted more Olympic and World Championship gold than most small nations hosted the fifth edition of the Ethio Telecom Great...
The Berlin Marathon once again loads the cannon of talent
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa is heading back to Berlin, and the BMW BERLIN‑MARATHON just became the gravitational centre of the marathon universe again. The Olympic silver medallist will toe the line on September 27 with one intention, and that is...
Natalie Boston interview from 2026 Victoria Track Classic
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Jaxon Kuchar interview from 2026 Victoria Track Classic
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Jaxon Kuchar ran the 3000m event at the 2026 Vic Track Classic. He finished second to Matthew Travaglini from Calgary in a new personal best time of 8:09.92. It is his first...
Wes Shipsey interview from 2026 Victoria Track Classic
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Wes Shipsey from Portland, Oregon, is going to school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at Wake Forest in the first division of the NCAA. He was at the Victoria Track Classic on...
Ireland recently suffered the passing of two great athletes: Ó Lionáird and O’Reilly
The Irish athletics community has suffered a couple of blows recently with the deaths of former middle-distance runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird and 1988 Seoul Olympian Gerry O’Reilly.
Ciarán Ó Lionáird
On the morning of June 9, 2026, Ciarán Ó...
Anti-doping agencies race toward 2027 compliance as testing and enforcement intensify
The anti-doping landscape is undergoing another significant shift as national agencies, laboratories, and sporting federations prepare for the implementation of the 2027 World Anti-Doping Code. While much of the work involves legislative adjustments and administrative alignment, the consequences of...
USATF LA Grand Prix: Sha’Carri Richardson runs a 10.99 second 100 metre sprint
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Sha'Carri Richardson sprinted to a strong season-opening 100 metre performance Sunday at the LA Grand Prix, clocking a 10.99 second run.
Fellow American Kayla White also ran a season best, finishing in...
