Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Mageen wins Brussels Diamond League and breaks O’Sullivan’s national 1500m record
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Thirty-year-old Irish athlete Ciara Mageen smashed the legendary Sonia O’Sullivan’s Irish 1500m record in Brussels. She also won the Diamond League race clocking a stunning 3:56.63 performance.
Mageean took...
Nigeria may lose gold medal to positive doping test after 2022 Commonwealth Games
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The Nigerian women's 4x100-metre relay team may lose its gold medal it won at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after an athlete returned an A-sample positive doping test.
The team of ...
Eilish McColgan postpones her much-anticipated marathon debut
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Scottish runner Eilish McColgan has delayed her much-anticipated marathon debut until sometime in 2023.
McColgan has been suffering from low blood sugar during long runs, something that she started experiencing in 2017....
World Indoor Championships in Nanjing postponed for a third time due to the pandemic
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The 2020 Nanjing World Indoor Championships were first postponed to 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. The meet scheduled for March 2021 was moved to March 2023, however, has been postponed once...
Canadians Hofbauer, Pidhoresky and Linkletter to toe the line at Toronto Waterfront Marathon
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Dayna Pidhoresky
The Toronto Waterfront Marathon organizing committee is once again stacking the field for the 2022 edition which is scheduled to go Sunday, October 16. Three of the latest to sign up...
Developing: Norway intentionally fails to drug test underage athletes, could be WADA non-compliant
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It is alleged that Norwegian Olympic officials have been aware of their failure to adhere to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code in regard to drug testing athletes between the ages of 15...
Russian Morozova and South African Dijana win 95th Comrades Marathon — Morozova despite ban
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Russian athlete Alexandra Morozova — despite the ban on all Russian athletes — competed in and won the 95th edition of the 90-kilometre Comrades Marathon on Sunday. World Athletics had apparently advised...
Two Kenyan marathon runners and one Indian discus thrower handed doping suspensions
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Two more Kenyan marathon runners have been handed provisional suspensions for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs. Michael Kunyuga tested positive for norandrosterone. Maiyo Johnstone Kibet tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO)....
American Alicia Monson runs a monster 3000m performance in Lausanne but pipped at line
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated American Alicia Monson ran a stunning 3,000-metre race at the Lausanne Diamond League meet Friday. She ran a new personal best time of 8:26.61 and was narrowly defeated at the line by Francine Niyonsaba...
Three-time Olympian Gelete Burka to challenge TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
Gelete Burka, one of Ethiopia’s most accomplished athletes, will contest the 2022 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16th.
A three-time Olympian for her country, Gelete was also the 2008 World Indoor 1,500m champion and 2006 World Cross...
