Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Leaked IAAF letter from 2009 implicates the governing body – to the IAAF: do...
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There is new damning evidence suggesting that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body of the sport of athletics is as guilty as the All-Russian Athletics Federation in hiding...
Kelly Wiebe’s retirement: You will be missed
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Reading of Kelly Wiebe’s decision to retire from the sport of athletics this morning at just 25-years-of-age, unearthed two conflicting emotions: sadness and respect.
I felt sadness, but not so much for Mr. Wiebe,...
Dishonorable Expulsion: Permanent banishment for drug cheats suggested
I have been calling for the erasure of any and all athletics records that have been attained by athletes that have tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. At a first blush and or until more information is available, the PEDs should...
IAAF hit-back at WADA claims of “systemic failures” within world governing body
The IAAF (below) claim that there is no systematic corruption in the IAAF.
Athletics Illustrated asks, if that is the case, then disgraced former IAAF President Lamine Diack only extorted the few athletes that he is implicated for during his 16-year career at...
Chris Winter interview – 2016 Prairie Inn Harriers Pioneer 8K
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Brandon Lord interview – 2016 Prairie Inn Harriers Pioneer 8K
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Rob Watson interview at 2016 Prairie Inn Harriers Pioneer 8K
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Note: Course record is 23:18 by Jon Brown in 2003, the event record on a different course is 22:58 by Carey Nelson from 1985.
It was the Watson – Wodak show at the 37th annual Prairie Inn Harriers...
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The 2016 Prairie Inn Harriers Pioneer 8K – the 37th edition - took place today under near perfect race conditions, as clouds turned to sun and the temperatures rose to double digits. Five-hundred and...
French police urge people to come forward if they have paid bribes to the...
The investigation into the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) malfeasance has just been stepped up to a new level. French police are asking anyone to come forward if they have been extorted against after claims by athletes from...
