Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Bahamian Mullings improves national indoor heptathlon record with 5 of 7 events recording personal...
Ken Mullings, a Bahamian heptathlete improved upon his own national record in the men’s indoor heptathlon at the Illini Challenge on Saturday. The Illini Challenge takes place at the University of Illinois Armory in Champaign, Illinois.
Mullings accomplished a 5,933-point...
Asher-Smith and Neita Confirmed for 60m at Birmingham World Indoor Tour final
British record holder Dina Asher-Smith (coach: John Blackie, club: Blackheath & Bromley) and Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) will race over 60m at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final at the Utilita Arena on Saturday 25 February in...
Registration opens for “Olympic Day Run” Greece happening April 2, 2023
Press release — January 30, 2023
On Sunday, April 2nd, the "Olympic Day Run" Greece, the ultimate Olympic road race, returns for the 6th consecutive year to Thessaloniki, more dynamic than ever, honoring the 75th anniversary of the global institution...
Woody Kincaid and Yared Nuguse break American 5000m and 3000m records at Boston University...
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5000m record run
American Woody Kincaid broke the national 5000 metre indoors record with a stunning 12:51.61 performance on Friday night at Boston University. Kincaid came from behind during the final lap to...
British runners take three indoor records in 24 hours, capped by Keely Hodgkinson’s 600m...
© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated Dina Asher-Smith in Karlsruhe, Germany, Sam Atkin in Boston, Mass, and Keely Hodgkinson in Manchester, UK take two national and one world record in 24 hours. Hodgkinson clocked 1:23.41 for 600 metres...
Rising athletics star Innis FitzGerald may be misinformed by her impact on the environment
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British teenager, Innis FitzGerald, who qualified as a junior for the 2023 Bathurst World Cross Country Championships has turned down a spot due to the apparent impact on the climate in making the...
Kenyan Betty Wilson Lempus banned five years for doping and tampering
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Kenya has suffered yet another doping ban by one of its athletes in Betty Wilson Lempus. The marathon runner tested positive in September 2022 for triamcinolone acetonide.
Lempus was first charged with...
Faith Kipyegon to move up to the marathon, intends to break the world record
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Faith Kipyegon, one of, if not the greatest 1500 metre runner of all time is leaving the tracks for the roads. At age 29, she feels it is time. Her intention is...
Harry Jerome Indoor Track Classic, days to the deadline, Yee sets world lead in...
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For athletes or coaches wanting to register for the Harry Jerome Indoor Classic, there are just a few days remaining to register. Currently, there are nearly 300 athletes ready to toe the...
Bor and Kurgat, two Kenyan-born Americans win USATF Cross Country Championships
The men's race
Two Kenyan-born Americans won the United States Track and Field (USATF) Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Pole Green Park near Richmond, Virginia. The two United States Army athletes Emmanuel Bor and Ednah Kurgat won their first national titles by large...
