Christopher Kelsall
Four Canadian Records Fall in Several Locations This Valentines Weekend
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With files from Douglas Clement.
Nate Brannen set the tone for the day, this Saturday February 15th, in New York at the Millrose Games with a fast one mile run (1609m) finishing in the...
Russia’s Full Size Doping Problem
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently found out that a newly developed muscle-building drug - invisible when using current doping test procedures - was made available to undercover German journalists, who were posing...
Drug Cheats Asli Cakir Alptekin and Tyson Gay Should be Banned
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) moved to reinstate the provisional suspension of Turkish drug cheat, Asli Cakir Alptekin. She had anomalies in her biological passport, this, after already once having served...
Updated: Top Twenty Canadian Indoor List – 2/12/2014
Here is an interesting ranking of Canadian athletes today. Not endorsed by Athletics Canada, but compiled form Douglas Clement.
Top Twenty Canadians Indoor to February 12, 2014
Men
Name
Event
Mark
IAAF points
*
Cam Levins’89
2000
4:55.35
1223
*
Aaron Brown’92
200m
20.53
1206
*
Nathan Brannen’82
Mile
3:54.22
1205
*
Sam Effah’88
60m
6.58
1167
Brendon Rodney’92
200m
20.78
1167
*
Mike Mason’86
High Jump
2.30m
1166
Jeremy Rae’91
Mile
3:57.25
1165
Shawn Barber’94
PV
5.66m
1160
Luc Bruchet’91
Mile
3:57.71
1159
Derek Drouin’90
HJ
2.29m
1157
*
Gavin Smellie’86
60m
6.60
1156
*
TJ...
Felicien, Henry, Mitchell, Muscat, Young retire from competition
Athletics Canada
Athletics Canada would like to recognize five great athletes who represented Canada with class, dignity and honour over their illustrious careers. In the last few months Perdita Felicien, Anson Henry, Kerri-Ann Mitchell, Megan Muscat and Sean Young all...
Dick Quax Interview
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Legendary New Zealand distance runner, Dick Quax, competed at an international level in distances from as short as 1500 metres to the marathon. He set national records in the 10,000 metre event with...
Cameron Levins Interview – 2014 NB 3000m
Cameron Levins Articles
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Canadians Bruchet and Levins in 3000 Metre Showdown
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Vancouver’s Luc Bruchet is racing against fellow Canadian Cameron Levins Saturday, February 8th at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at Roxbury College in Boston, MASS. They will be contesting the 3000 metre...
Third-World Doping Cheats Are Testing Positive: What Has Changed?
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Two of the world’s superpowers in the sport of athletics are Jamaica in sprinting and Kenya in middle-distance and long-distance running. After several years of world domination by these two previously assumed clean...
Haile Gebrselassie Going for World Masters Marathon Record
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Haile Gebrselassie is seeking to break the Masters (40-plus) World Marathon record this spring. He has committed to compete in the 2014 Haspa Hamburg Marathon, which will take place on Sunday, May 4th...