Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
New athletics website launched: Ross Running, for the superfan.
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There is a brand new athletics website that was quietly launched this week for American and international audiences, who are would-be and die-hard fans of track and field and general athletics news, interviews and...
Russian bank threaten legal action against WADA after claims IAAF $25 million sponsorship deal...
Russia's leading bank VTB has claimed that it is planning to sue the officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) behind its report into corruption in athletics after its relationship with the international governing body was questioned in a...
Abrahamsson, Echikunwoke Reset School Records at Gladstein Invite
Alex Ryan, University of Cincinnati
Triple jump, weight throw records improved upon with six other marks ranking in UC Top 10
The University of Cincinnati track and field program got off to a solid start at the Gladstein Invitational in Bloomington,...
Victoria Run Series set for 2016 season
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The 2016 Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series is set to begin the track racing season on May 14th at the University of Victoria's Centennial Stadium. The schedule also includes May 28 and June 11 dates, which...
Coe insists he had “no suspicions” about IAAF predecessor Diack
Sebastian Coe today said he had "no suspicions" about Lamine Diack, the man he replaced as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after being called to task for praise he heaped on the now disgraced Senegalese.
The...
Tears of Joy from Last-Minute Olympic Trials Qualifiers at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona...
It’s been quite a weekend in the state of Arizona. On Saturday evening, the Cardinals defeated the Green Bay Packers in overtime to advance to the NFC Championships, and on Sunday, more than 20,000 runners turned out for the...
Chevron Houston Marathon: Canadians invade the US
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Canadians invaded the US this weekend in Texas as well as the University of Washington with some excellent results in the Chevron Houston Marathon, Half Marathon as well as middle-distance indoor racing.
Natasha Wodak ran,...
Shlyakhtin elected as new Russian athletics head amid doping scandal
Dmitry Shlyakhtin has been elected as the new President of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) as the organisation looks to overturn its ban from competition in time for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
The Minister of Sport of the Samara Oblast region was...
Exclusive: IAAF in hunt for $25 million sponsorship payment from Russian bank
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has promised to investigate the whereabouts of a sponsorship worth $25 million (£17 million/€23 million) supposedly paid to the world governing body by a Russian bank.
According to the report published...
Second Independent Commission Report: Who declawed the tiger?
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Part two of WADA’s Independent Commission report was released January 14th near Munich. The IC panel of three includes Dick Pound, the originating president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), fellow Canadian Lawyer...
