Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Does the International Olympic Committee have a role to play in international politics like...
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Will the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have a role to play or a voice in international politics, like war? Politics and rhetoric are inescapable. While the Games are not meant to be political,...
Rotterdam Marathon winner Stellah Barsosio and Gloria Kite Chebiwott caught doping, now suspended
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Kenyans Stellah Barsosio and Gloria Kite Chebiwott have been suspended by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya.For Chebiwott, she tested positive in May last year for the following cocktail of banned substances: S1.1....
Russian six approved to compete but war keeps them out of international competition
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Six Russian athletes have had their applications approved to partake in international competition, however, they are still not permitted due to the illegal invasion by Russian into Ukraine. None of them are...
Faith Kipyegon wins at Sirikwa Cross Country, perhaps a prelude to world dominance in...
Women's race
Faith Kipyegon and Charles Lokir won the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic at Lobo village on Saturday in Eldoret, Kenya.
Conditions were difficult for race with strong wind gusts which in the heat and at altitude made the dust that...
Laura Muir wins Boston World Indoor Tour 3000m, Lucia Stafford is on her game
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Britain's Laura Muir won the 3000m event at the World Indoor Tour in Boston on Saturday — it was her season opener.
The European Championships and Commonwealth Games 1500m champion won in a time...
Forget supershoes and PED debates, the most trying issue in sports is about trans...
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Forget supershoes and PED debates...
Every coach, every athlete, every devoted fan of athletics knows that a decision around supershoes is simple, manageable and equitable. Make all shoes conform to a certain set of...
Athletics Canada sending 28 athletes to World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia
Athletics Canada is sending 28 athletes to the World Cross Country Championships which are taking place in Bathurst, Australia on February 18.
The last international cross-country meet to take place before the pandemic was the 2020 Pan Am Cross Country...
Fastest ever women’s field for London 2023: a dozen athletes capable of winning
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The 2022 champion Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw will race to defend her title on Sunday, April 23, with world record holder Brigid Kosgei and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya toeing the line...
Defending London Marathon champion Amos Kipruto up against the fastest men’s field ever
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Kenyan Amos Kipruto, the defending London Marathon champion is up against the strongest marathon field ever assembled on Sunday, April 23.
Toeing the line with Kipruto is Ethiopian running legend Kenenisa Bekele who...
Sir Mo Farah to give the year 2023 and the London Marathon one more...
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Sir Mo Farah will give the London Marathon one more shot and he will likely retire after 2023.
The British athlete who was child-trafficked from Somalia made a success story out of...
