Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
London Diamond League loaded: How to watch, schedule and full athlete lists
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The London Diamond League at London Stadium on Saturday may be the strongest one-day meeting of the 2026 season. World record holders, Olympic champions and emerging stars are spread throughout the program,...
Joseph Scanes shone in Italian heat to give Novuna GB & NI U18s a...
UK Athletics - Scanes (Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, Mike Reeves) won the European U18 men's 3000m title in a time of 8:09.12, claiming the first gold of the Games. Teammate Finn Maclennan (Cambridge & Colderidge AC) finished eighth...
New broadcast guidelines: Video style is only part of the issue, attire must be...
According to European Athletics, sports broadcasts continue to sexualize female athletes through biased camera angles and suggestive editing. These include lingering close‑ups, revealing low angles, and gratuitous slow‑motion replays. These are choices that serve no technical or narrative purpose...
Russia continues to lead the way in Therapeutic Use Exemption applications
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The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) processed 204 Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications from Russian athletes in 2025, continuing a steady year-over-year increase. The figure is up from 141 in 2024, 117 in...
Canadian running: Marco Arop dominates in Edmonton, Harry Jerome Track Classic schedule
Marco Arop didn’t so much run an 800‑metre race at Foote Field; he had a confirmation of his seasonal coming-out party. The performance was equal parts velocity, resilience, and a reminder that he can give Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi a...
London Diamond League: Stacked fields set to ignite London Stadium as Kerr targets world...
The standard has been set impossibly high over the last 10 days in Oregon and Monaco, but the 2026 Wanda Diamond League circuit shows no signs of slowing down. This Saturday, July 18, the Novuna London Athletics Meet takes...
Hitting the wall: Men may be more likely to race the marathon aggressively than...
A recent Scientific Reports analysis of runners in the Berlin Marathon race found that a significant pace drop in the closing kilometres affected 17 percent of males, compared with 9.7 percent of females. The exact causes were not identified,...
Monaco Diamond League: Emmanuel Wanyonyi takes the 1000m world record
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There was a showdown in Monaco on Friday as Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Englishman Jake Wightman duked it out over the 1000 metre distance, in a very competitive field. Or, at least...
Gert Ingebrigtsen, age 60, has retired from coaching
Norwegian coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen, known for bringing his three sons to an international level, has retired from coaching. This ends his 13-year coaching relationship with 1500 metre specialist Narve Nordås, and ends a career that was under watch over...
UK Athletics announces initial selections for World U20 Championships
UK Athletics has announced the first wave of selections for the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team heading to the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from August 5–9.
Following the England Athletics U20 Championships and World U20...
