Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Diamond League adds Shenzhen, Radcliffe supports Kenya, Omanyala asks Athletics Kenya for more meets
The Diamond League series has added Shenzhen as a second Chinese location for 2022.
Shanghai is the other location.
The two events go on July, 30 and Aug. 6, 2022. Shanghai was cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic....
Scott Fauble and Rory Linkletter leave NAZ Elite
© Copyright - 2021 - Athletics Illustrated American Scott Fauble and Canadian Rory Linkletter have left Northern Arizona Elite (NAZ).
Fauble who joined the group after university has run the marathon as fast as 2:09:42. He was...
Danny Talbot has announced his retirement from athletics
World Athletics Championships London 2017 gold medallist Danny Talbot has announced his retirement from athletics today.
The sprinter who also won two European Bronze medals over his preferred 200m distance in 2012 and 2016 as well as European Under 23...
Ethiopians Demeke Biksegn and Alemtsehay Kasegn win Taipei Marathon
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Ethiopians Demeke Kasaw Biksegn and Alemtsehay Asefa Kasegn won the 2021 Taipei Marathon men's and women’s divisions, respectively, on Sunday, December. 19.
Bikesegn clocked a 2:11:41 performance, positive splitting the second half having...
Omicron causes cancellation of Harry Jerome Indoor meet
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The coronavirus omicron variant has caused the cancellation of the Harry Jerome Indoor Games track meet that was scheduled for February 5th at the Richmond Oval (Vancouver, BC).
Achilles international Track and Field...
English-Italian sprinterAntonio Infantino suspended for doping violation
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English-Italian sprinter Antonio Infantino has been suspended for the “presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete’s sample.”
The Italian Athletics Federation made the announcement Thursday that he...
Founding member of Northern Arizona Elite, Scott Smith, retires
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Scott Smith, one of the founding members of Northern Arizona Elite, announced his retirement yesterday on Instagram. Smith, along with current team members Ben Bruce, Stephanie Bruce and Kellyn Taylor, was part of the group's original roster of nine athletes in 2014....
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics should be cancelled over China’s apparent human rights issues
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The Government of China is accused of human rights abuses against the Uyghurs people. Media around the world is reporting that China is incarcerating more than one million Muslims, most of which...
Russians continue to dope; Russian Triathlon Federation and Tokyo Olympians banned
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Although not a part of athletics, the fact that World Triathlon has found a significant number of doping cases in Russia is cause for alarm.
For example, 124th-world-ranked Igor Polyanskiy was...
Hicks and Keith win gold as British team earns eight medals at European Cross...
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Individual gold medals for Megan Keith (coach: Ross Cairns; club: Inverness) and Charles Hicks (Shaftesbury Barnet) and a second consecutive mixed relay title led the way as 40-strong British contingent topped the medal table at the 2021 European...
