Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Global Sports Communication will represent 122 athletes from 16 countries at Worlds
The IAAF World Championships in Beijing will take place from 22-30 August. Global Sports Communication will represent 122 athletes from 16 different countries in Beijing. This number includes 78 Chinese athletes.
The Championships will start with the men’s marathon. Reigning...
Anticipation high for return of event record holder Geoffrey Ronoh to Birell Prague Grand...
Geoffrey Ronoh will return to the city where he staked his claim as one of the rising stars of road racing last year when he lines up in the Birell Prague Grand Prix on September 5. The Kenyan is...
Will Lord Sebastian Coe bring the foundational changes required to fix doping in athletics?
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Will Lord Sebastian Coe bring the required foundational and cultural changes necessary to fix the sport of Athletics and create a sense of respectability again? Coe, elected the sixth president of the International...
Lord Sebastian Coe elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations
In an absolute surprise to no one, Lord Sebastian Coe was voted in today as the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
He succeeds Lamine Diack and won over Sergey Bubka.
Coe has his work cut out for him,...
Who will win the men’s marathon during the 2015 IAAF Beijing World Championships?
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The 2015 Beijing IAAF World Track and Field Championships starts with the men’s marathon on August 21st at 07:35 Beijing time, but 4:35PM PST or 7:35PM EST. Universal Sports will be providing streaming...
ONE MONTH TO GO AS SANLAM CAPE TOWN MARATHON EXCITEMENT MOUNTS
Cape Town, 18th August 2015 – With just 30 days to go to one of Africa's most prestigious road races, the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon organisers are gearing up to present a spectacular event when they host the second...
Frankfurt Marathon on 25th October: Arne Gabius faces strong African opposition
Arne Gabius has decided that the second marathon of his career will mark a return to Frankfurt, the city where the 34-year-old made such a scintillating debut at the distance a year ago. He will return to the distance...
CHEROP RETURNS TO SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON
BY PAUL GAINS
Sharon Cherop has incredible affection for the city of Toronto and the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
Her superb victory in 2010 was a turning point in her career. Now the 31 year old Kenyan has confirmed she will...
The sport of athletics: Caught in the act of falling down
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Hell hath no fury like that of an old boys club collectively tipping backwards in their boardroom chairs and landing with a resounding clatter upon their marble floors. Scotch and Bourbon everywhere.
The sport...
Michael Ashenden’s response to Lord Sebastion Coe
Dear Lord Coe,
I trace my passion for antidoping back to one morning in the athletes dining hall at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). I sat alone with an athlete who was jetlagged from his 24 hour flight back...
