Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Drug cheats go 1-2-3-4 at Lausanne Diamond League meet, apparently it pays to cheat.
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Drug cheat Justin Gatlin won the 100-metre race at the Lausanne, Switzerland Diamond League meet on Thursday July 9th in the time of 9.75. His closest competitors Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay –...
The clown show continues onto Lausanne: Five drug cheats to compete in the same...
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The Lausanne, Switzerland Diamond League meet on Thursday, July 9th will feature at least five drug cheats go head-to-head in the 100-metre sprint, they are Asafa Powell, Justin Gatlin, Femi Ogunode, Mike Rodgers...
Steve Prefontaine was great, but Rod Dixon was better
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A collective outburst of veneration followed the all too early-death of Oregon running legend Steve Prefontaine at the age of 24. His cult status flourished and continues today. Why not? He owned at...
Charles Philibert-Thiboutot interview: school, specialisation and national championships
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Quebec City’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot is having a successful year of racing. Last weekend the 24-year-old earned a silver medal at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in the 1500m distance. He was up...
Sarah Inglis’s 1500m race at the Canadian Track and Field Championships
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If you watched the women’s 1500-metre finals at the 2015 Canadian Track and Field Championships at AthleticsCanada.tv, you may have been entertained by a very tactical race that required a powerful kick to...
Evan Jager’s American record, “Honestly, I am more disappointed that I fell….”
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On Independence Day, American 3,000m steeplechase runner Evan Jager ran the race of his life during the Areva Diamond League Meet in Paris, France. He fell down too. And that crash kept him...
Day three of the Canadian Track and Field Championships
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On day three of the Canadian Track and Field Championships the men’s and women’s 1500-metre and men’s 110m hurdles and women’s 100m hurdles events were perhaps the most...
Canadian Track and Field Championships: Day 2
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Day two of the Canadian Track and Field Championships saw most races go exactly as anticipated.
Andre De Grasse won the 100-metre final and was the only one to...
Cam Levins and Mo Ahmed: Two classy athletes.
Here are two classy, world-class athletes. The first image is from the 2012 Canadian Cross Country Championships, where Mohammed Ahmed is tying Cameron Levins's shoe for him during a course preview.
The second photo is from today, moments before their...
Canadian Track and Field Championships: Day one featured two 5,000m finals
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The first day of the 2015 Canadian Track and Field Championships wrapped up with a pair of 5,000-metre races. The women’s race featured Canadian marathon and half-marathon record...
