Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Klecker and Schweizer win USATF 10,000m Championships at Prefontaine Classic
The men's race
Joe Klecker won the 2022 USATF 10,000m Championships Friday in Eugene. Oregon at the Prefontaine Classic. His final lap of the 25 at Hayward Field was 54.81. Grant Fisher, living in nearby Portland ran shoulder to should with...
Prefontaine Classic: Where to watch the action
The Wanda Diamond League continues Saturday, with Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Noah Lyles among those descending on Eugene, Oregon for the Prefontaine Classic, meet number three of the Wanda Diamond League.
This meet will double up as a dry...
Tokyo to bid on the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Tokyo plans to bid on the right to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, and the inspection team chairman from World Athletics, Antti Pihlakoski, appeared at a media conference on Wednesday. The team is visiting...
Lamont Marcell Jacobs withdraws from Prefontaine Classic, three world record attempts are on
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated
The Italian sprinting phenom, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, has pulled out of the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. American Trayvon Bromell will take his spot on the roster. Bromell is a World Championships...
Addy Townsend aiming to better her mother’s best in the 800m at Harry Jerome...
Over her many years in track and field, Brit Townsend has collected all kinds of singlets, jackets and sweatshirts from various meets, stuff she just can’t bring herself to throw out.
The former Olympian and current SFU track and cross-country...
Five reigning Olympic champions and many national record-holders lining up at FBK Games
The 41st edition of the FBK Games in Hengelo is held on Monday, June 6. This year’s event will be full of exciting battles. The world’s best athletes — both national and international — will battle for the win...
Athletics Canada’s National Track Tour continues with nine more meets
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated
Pacific Distance Carnival
Athletics Canada's National Track Tour kicked off with the Pacific Distance Carnival at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC (Vancouver). The Carnival took place on May 14 offering races over 200m, 800,...
Edward Cheserek and Biruktayit Degefa (Eshetu) win Carlsbad 5000
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated
The last time that the Carlsbad 5000 was run was pre-pandemic in 2019. That year, "King" Edward Cheserek won the men's race in the time of 13:29. Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi claimed...
Eilish McColgan breaks British and European 10K record at Great Manchester Run, Jake Robertson...
© Copyright - 2022 - Athletics Illustrated
Women's race
Eilish McColgan broke the British and European 10K record in the Great Manchester Run Sunday. Finishing in second place, she clocked a 30-minute and 19-second performance. Only Kenya's Hellen Obiri ran...
Six world leads plus five British wins as Müller Birmingham Diamond League sets tone...
British athletes shone at their home Müller Birmingham Diamond League as Laura Muir, Dina Asher-Smith, Matt Hudson-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and the women’s 4x100m relay took victory while there were also six world leads set at an impressively renovated Alexander...
