Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Ethiopia’s Chala Regasa and Kenya’s Irine Cheptai win in the
Ethiopia’s Chala Regasa and Kenya’s Irine Cheptai took the honours at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022, a World Athletics Elite Label Race when they crossed the line in 60:30 and 66.42 respectively on Sunday.Regasa, 25, came out on...
Keira D’Amato will race the New York City Marathon, Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir is...
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New York City Marathon favourite Peres Kepchirchir of Kenya — the Tokyo Olympic champion — is out with an injury and withdrew from the New York City Marathon.
Keira D'Amato, former American...
Kenyan doping continues with two more athletes provisionally suspended
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Houston Nairobi, we have a problem.
It appears that the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) made the right decision to put Kenya on the Category-A doping watch list. The country has the most athletes...
Ethiopia’s two-time world champion Muktar Edris to attack Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon course record
Ethiopia’s two-time 5000m world champion Muktar Edris is looking to bounce back after a summer derailed by an untimely calfinjury. He is not just aiming for the win but the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon course record on Sunday, October...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a World Athletics Athlete of the Year nominee
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Jamaican sprint star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in the running for the 2022 World Athletics Athletics of the Year award. The 35-year-old won the 100-metre gold medal during the 2022 Eugene World Athletics...
Kipchoge, a World Athletics Athlete of the Year nominee, fans vote via social media
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Thirty-seven-year-old Eliud Kipchoge is a 2022 World Athletics Athlete of the Year nominee.
The two-time Olympic champion and world record holder improved his own marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon in...
India’s Kamalpreet Kaur and Shivpal Singh were banned three and four years for doping
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Kamalpreet Kaur, India's best discus thrower, is now banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). On Wednesday, the AIU announced that Kaur had tested positive for the banned anabolic...
Women not only run the world they run the Nagoya Women’s Marathon too
The Nagoya Women's Marathon announced that female athletes will have the chance to run in the world’s largest women’s-only marathon on March 12, 2023, as Japan has eased its Covid travel restrictions.
The Nagoya Women’s Marathon is an elite event...
How to watch the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon live
The 2022 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon will be live-streamed this coming Sunday, October 16th. British announcer Geoff Wightman heads up a commentary team that includes 2016 Canadian Olympian Krista Duchene and leading run crew community leader Chris Dekoning.Toronto is Canada's...
Two Kenyan distance runners test positive for performance-enhancing drugs
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Kenyan marathon runner Philemon Kacheran Lokedi and Mark Kangogo have been suspended. Kacheran was given a three-year ban after being found to have tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug (PED)
The 30-year-old...
