Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Karma takes out four criminals from the IAAF
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Papa Massata Diack has been banned for life by the IAAF’s ethics commission. Karma, if you will, has caught up to this cavalier, professional swindler and put him in his place;...
Canada’s first road race this Sunday in Victoria, BC: Pioneer 8K
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*This article has been updated since original posting. Athletes have been added to the race, see below.
The 37th annual Prairie Inn Harriers’ Pioneer 8K road race is taking place this Sunday, January 10th...
Switzerland’s Anti-Doping Agency Suspends Cooperation with IAAF
Antidoping Switzerland has suspended its cooperation with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following the recent drugs scandals which have rocked the sport.
The decision was taken following allegations published last month in French newspaper Le Monde that former...
Top Athletics Illustrated News and Interviews for 2015
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Top Athletics Illustrated News and interviews for 2015
This year was newsworthy in the sport of athletics mostly for drug related stories centred around apparent systematic doping in Russia, corruption within the International Association...
Forty per cent of Russian doping failures in youth sports, ex-RUSADA head claims
The former head of the scandal-hit Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has claimed that 40 per cent of drug test violations in the country have come in youth sports.
Ramil Khabriev made the shocking claim as Russia bids to clean up...
Interview: Vitaliy and Yuliya Stepanov – Russian Whistleblowers
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On the way to visit Vitaliy and Yuliya Stepanov, the Russian whistleblowers that changed sport history in 2015. For security reasons we are not allowed to talk about which country...
Lamine Diack, former president of the IAAF drops a bomb
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The beginning of the investigation by French authorities on disgraced former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, is now becoming public knowledge and may be the start of...
New Rio Olympic standards from the IAAF, Athletics Canada and the USATF
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The International Association of Athletics Federations released the qualifying standards for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on December 10th. The standards were softened in some events from past Olympics, likely due to widespread...
Hajo Seppelt on Russian fine: “…Moscow based court viewed nothing (before making decision).”
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On Wednesday, December 16, a Russian court ruled that German broadcaster ARD TV’s documentary, which accused the Russians of systematically doping their athletes was based on inaccurate...
Trump Tower to be renamed
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Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and BC Premiere Christy Clark have formally announced that Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, also known as “Trump Tower”, located in downtown Vancouver at 1590 West Georgia...
