Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Canada wins five medals at the Zurich Diamond League meet
Athletics Canada
The Diamond League Final, the championship round of the world’s premier track and field league, took place on September 7 and 8 in Zurich, Switzerland. Canada's five-athlete contingent, led by Aaron Brown's two season bests, combined to win a total...
Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego seeks TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon title
By Paul Gains
Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego will line up at the start of the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16 with the fastest personal best time of the elite field. But the 29-year-old wants more.
Last year, he ran 2:04:48...
What didn’t kill Harold only made him stronger, 100 track records later
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In 1888, German philosopher, cultural critic, and philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche, caused a profound effect on modern intellectual thinking when he wrote, “what does not kill you will only make you stronger.”It is...
How fast will Mo Farah run the London Marathon?
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Sir Mo Farah has run the marathon as fast as 2:05:11. That's fast. But in comparison to Eliud Kipchoge with his world record of 2:01:39 and Kenenisa Bekele having run 2:01:41 in adverse...
Olympic sprinter, Shavez Hart, shot dead in the Bahamas
Bahamas Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart died after he was shot when he stepped into an argument to help break it up outside of a nightclub at 2:00 AM.
He was killed as he intervened to stop a group of...
Grant Fisher sets four North American records and five personal bests in 2022
© Copyright- 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Behold the Fisher King.
Grant Fisher is one of America's all-time great distance runners and is on his way to becoming perhaps the greatest. First, however, he needs to win a major championship. He...
John Gay and Courtney Brohart win Fast Days of Summer 5000 in Kelowna, BC
John Gay and Courtney Brohart won the Fast Days of Summer 5000 in Kelowna, BC on Sunday. Gay, a Tokyo Olympian specialising in the 3000-metre steeplechase event, set a new course record with his 14:11 performance. He had a...
Thirty-two champions to be crowned at Zurich Diamond League on Wednesday and Thursday
It has been a very busy spring and summer of 2022 for outdoor track. There were the Eugene World Athletics Championships, Birmingham Commonwealth Games, and Munich European Championships all taking place over a few weeks amongst the Diamond League...
Mo Farah and Eilish McColgan win the Big Half in London
Mo Farah and Eilish McColgan won the men's Big Half in London on Sunday. Eilish set a course record.
Farah took his third win in the event. He finished in the time of one hour, one minute 49 seconds (1:01:49)....
Athletics Integrity Unit apologises for incorrect information about athlete Mark Otieno Odhiambo
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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has apologised for Sharing incorrect information about Kenyan athlete Mark Otieno Odhiambo related to his alleged positive doping test.
Odhiambo faces charges for allegedly using the banned...
