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Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.

Book Review: Bowerman and the Men of Oregon

© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated Title: Bowerman and the Men of Oregon Author: Kenny Moore Pages: 417 Publisher: Rodale Publish date: 2006 ISBN: 13-978-1-59486-190 hardcoverISBN: 13-978-1-59486-731-6 paperback Genre: Biography The review In reference to the Munich Massacre that happened during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Bill Bowerman said, “The ancient Greeks,...

Assefa destroys marathon world record, Kipchoge with fourth Berlin victory

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated All attention leading up to the 2023 Berlin Marathon was on Eliud Kipchoge. The Kenyan has won the event four times and set two world records on the course at 2:01:39 in...

Lithuanian marathon runner Zita Kosač provisionally suspended for alleged doping

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated Lithuanian marathon runner Zita Kosač has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). The 35-year-old apparently tested positive for the presence of oxymetholone. The only record of performance that World Athletics...

Women’s field at Berlin Marathon one of the best all-time; Tigist Assefa the one...

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Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui and Ethiopian Tigist Assefa will be toeing the line in the 2023 Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The two are looking to break their respective national records and qualify early for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Assefa...

Fallout from Zane Robertson’s arrest will affect non-Kenyan athletes going forward

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated New Zealand marathon record holder Zane Robertson, who is serving an eight-year doping ban for testing positive for EPO, was arrested for alleged sexual assault. When police made their way into his...

Unique Eliud Kipchoge artwork unveiled on the streets of Berlin

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The street art, showing marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge in full stride, highlights the return of the NN Running Team’s double Olympic champion to the city, where he will run the BMW Berlin Marathon this Sunday, September 24th. The...

The Zurich Marató Barcelona 2024 unveils a new, faster course

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Organizers of the Zurich Marató Barcelona (marathon) will debut with a new, faster, more urban, more central and more monumental course on March 10, 2024. This change in the circuit comes after more than two decades of the previous circular and more peripheral...

Zane Robertson was arrested for alleged sexual assault, and in possession of an AK47...

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated May we borrow from David's lament of Saul and Jonathan from 1611? "The beauty of the elite is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen." That would be none...

What will Kipchoge do on the streets of Berlin on Sunday?

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated First off, the World Marathon Majors should skip the three-year assessment plan for the Sydney Marathon and adopt the event into the current crop of six majors. They are New York, Tokyo,...

Will bankrupt Birmingham be able to host European Athletics Championships in 2026

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illusrated By 2026, it will be the first time in 94 years that the European Athletics Championships will be scheduled to take place on British soil. But, the host city, Birmingham is bankrupt. The...
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