Christopher Kelsall

According to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Bo Ling from China and Mosisa Siyoum of Ethiopia provisionally suspended for doping. The athletes tested positive for performance enhancing substances oxandrolone and erythropotin (EPO), respectively. For Siyoum a "notive of allegation," has...

UK Athletics has confirmed the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the Trail, Up-and-Down, and Uphill events at the European Off-Road Running Championships, set for June 5–7 in Slovenia. The selection blends championship experience with fresh talent, underscoring...

It's the merry month of May, therefore, closing in on the end of the school year for children in the Northern Hemisphere. Late May and throughout June schools everywhere have an outdoor day to celebrate sports. Now, five years...

There are advantages to being a pre-teen. An incredible lightness of being, the bliss of unbridled enthusiasm and potential physical literacy to leverage a body uninhibited in its neuromuscular function. But, is it a good idea to have pre-teen...

Title: The Long Run and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool Author: Martin Dugard Publisher: Dutton. Penguin Randomhouse LLC Published: 2026 Pages: 296 ISBN: 9798217178483 (Hardcover)ISBN: 9798217178940 (ebook) The review The Long Run and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool is more than a book about the running...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics illustrated Updated: May 12, 2026 (see below) World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told BBC Sport Africa that the organization will not "strangle innovation," in reference to the marathon world record dropping by the first three...

A global summer parks challenge has been launched for runners with Strava accounts. The event provides weekly and summer‑long challenges, pitting runners against other park‑running competitors—and themselves. The Summer Parks Challenge (not affiliated with parkrun) originates in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,...

The 2026 Vancouver Marathon was won by Japan's Fujiwara Kosuke in 2:22:02 and Dutch athlete Mikky Keetels in 2:33:01, respectively. Sunday brought warm temperatures, but that didn't stop Keetels from taking down Dayna Pidhoresky's course record of 2:34:27 from 2023....

Natasha Wodak of North Vancouver finished the BMO Vancouver Half Marathon in a new course record of one-hour and 12 minutes and one second (1:12:01), for the win on Sunday. Meanwhile, Max Turek of Whitby, Ontario, clocked a 1:03:28...

Challa Gossa and Stacy Ndiwa spent Sunday morning in Cali doing what altitude, humidity, and defending champions could not: they took control of two messy, attritional races and made them their own. The Cali Marathon, now swollen to more...