Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Derek Drouin and Elizabeth Gleadle advance to finals; Damian Warner in silver medal position...
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Christabel Nettey 4th in long jump final
Beijing, China – On day seven of the 2015 IAAF World Championships Derek Drouin from Corunna, Ont., qualified for the men’s high jump final and Elizabeth Gleadle of Vancouver, B.C., advanced to...
2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships: Day 5
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The morning session, as it is here in North America for the 2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships, witnessed a 400-metre final that was out of this world.
The top three finishers were...
2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships: 800-metre Women’s Preview
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There is plenty of competition left to go at the 2015 Beijing IAAF World Track and Field Championships. One of the more exciting events to go is the women’s 800-metre race. Unlike the...
Guilty Russian drug cheat is permitted to compete early after “cooperating with WADA”
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has decided to reduce guilty drug cheat Liliya Shobukhova's doping ban.
Shobukhova's ban was originally for three years and two months for the marathoner. She was given the ban...
The Kenyans continue to dominate despite concerns after not medalling in the men’s marathon
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If anyone was worried about what was happening to the Kenyans after day one, where in the men’s marathon the usual haul of medals did not happen, well fret not, they are back...
Gold for Canada: Shawn Barber earns gold in the Pole Vault
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Toronto’s Shawn Barber cleared his first four pole vault attempts to earn the gold medal at the world championships on Monday, clearing 5.90-metres. This is his first major global championships title.
Barber and Raphael...
2015 IAAF Track and Field Championships: Day 2, Bolt and Ennis-Hill win.
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Canada’s Brianne Theisen-Eaton won her third silver medal in the heptathlon event, one indoors (pentathlon) in the 2014 Sopot, Poland world indoors and two outdoors in the 2013 Moscow worlds and today at...
2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships: Day 1
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Day one at the 2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships came to a close with few surprises, but with a few favourites winning too.
For example Mo Farah of Great Britain won the...
2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships: Women’s 10,000m Preview
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The 2015 IAAF World Track and Field Championships women’s 10,000m race takes place Monday, August 24th in the Bird’s Nest stadium. This is the same building that held the athletics portion of the...
Speed bumps: Why it’s so hard to catch cheaters in track and field
Here is an informative article by David Epstein explaining why it is difficult to catch drug cheats.
Earlier this month, London’s Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD published a joint investigation on doping in track and field that included an...
