Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Vancouver Island Race Series back to eight races for the 2023 season
Lots of news.....
The Vancouver Island Race Series is back to eight road races for the 2023 season.For the pandemic era, we had two virtual years. For 2022, the series included six races while the Port Alberni 15K and Nanaimo...
2024 and 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships are awarded to Croatia and USA
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The World Athletics Council announced the hosts for two of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships happening in 2024 and 2026.
The 2024 championships are due to take place in Medulin and Pula,...
Chris Thompson devastated to not be competing in the World Athletics Championships, US visa...
Chris Thompson (Alan Storey, Aldershot Farnham, and District) will not be competing in the 2022 Eugene World Athletics Championships men’s marathon this weekend after going through significant delays in the processing of his US visa.According to UK Athletics, they had been...
A strong list of athletes with Global Sports Communication at the World Championships in...
Global Sport Communication (GSC) management company will no doubt produce strong results at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, starting Friday, July 15.
Staged at Hayward Field, the spiritual home of US athletics, the event is eagerly anticipated with...
Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos tests positive for a performance-enhancing drug
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated Update: 12:00 PM July 13, 2022Athletics Canada will address the issue below, after a final report is published by the Athletics Integrity Unit. Currently, Amos is provisionally suspends and the matter is...
Leon Reid banned from Commonwealth Games for production of crack cocaine
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Commonwealth Games organisers have banned Northern Ireland sprinter Leon Reid from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as he is now considered a security risk.
The 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games medallist was found guilty...
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake to captain GB & NI and in World Athletics Championships, full team...
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (coach: Ryan Freckleton, club: Newham and Essex Beagles) will captain the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 which starts on Friday 15 July.
A 4x100m relay 2017 world champion, Mitchell-Blake has...
Tokyo Olympic marathon champion, Peres Jepchirchir, out of World Championships
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Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir the Tokyo Olympic Champion in the marathon event is out of the next week's World Championships with an apparent hip injury.She was a favourite to win.
Tokyo, New York City,...
Random: Kirani James to miss Commonwealths, Russia and Belarus barred from Worlds, Kipchoge in...
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Kirani James
Grenadian sprinter Kirani James who earned bronze, silver, and gold medals in three successive Olympic Games competing in the 400m event will miss the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. He will compete...
Australia’s best medal chances may come from Hull Hall, Hoare, and McSweyn
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Nearly 2000 athletes will gather at Eugene, Oregon's Hayward Field for the 2022 World Athletics Championships starting July 15. Athletics Australia is sending a strong team to compete at the 18th event....
