Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Full results: Rome Diamond League
A few of the standout performances during the 2026 Rome Diamond League meet include American sprinter Noah Lyles clocking a 9.88-second performance for the 100 metre win. Five ran sub-10 seconds, including Italian Marcell Jacobs, who ran a season...
Royal Victoria Marathon on track to have second-consecutive record numbers
The Royal Victoria Marathon kicked off its 2026 campaign Wednesday night at the running store and sponsor Frontrunners Victoria. The organizing committee is expecting further growth from the 2025 benchmark event, which saw over 15,000 registrations. The race weekend...
UK Athletics found negligent in the death of Paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei
UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 (€410,000). The organization was also ordered £44,000 (€52,000) in costs after Paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei was killed when equipment collapsed on him while training in east London.
The shot-putter died when a metal...
Rome Diamond League: How to watch, who is competing and event schedule
Women’s events
Women’s 200m
NatNameSBPBLCAJulien Alfred21.8621.71GBRDina Asher‑Smith22.7821.88USAAnavia Battle22.2921.95ESPJaël Bestué—22.19GBRAmy Hunt22.4822.08USAMelissa Jefferson‑Wooden—21.68NGRFavour Ofili22.4621.96FRAHelene Parisot23.2422.42ITAElisa Valensin—23.09
Women’s 400m
NatNameSBPBGBRAmber Anning—49.29POLNatalia Bukowiecka50.1248.90USAAaliyah Butler49.7849.09GBRKeely Hodgkinson—51.61NORHenriette Jæger—49.49NEDLieke Klaver—49.58CZELurdes Gloria Manuel—50.52ITAAnna Polinari51.6750.76JAMNickisha Pryce49.7548.57
Women’s 1500m
NatNameSBPBPORSalomé Afonso4:01.843:59.32ETHSaron Berhe4:00.323:57.72AUSAbbey Caldwell3:56.123:56.12ITALudovica Cavalli4:04.644:01.84FRAAgathe Guillemot3:59.603:56.69ETHBirke Haylom3:55.563:53.22USANikki Hiltz—3:55.33GBRGeorgia Hunter Bell4:01.523:52.61POLKlaudia Kazimierska3:59.993:57.95POLWeronika Lizakowska—3:57.31USAHeather MacLean—3:57.79ETHWorknesh Mesele3:57.563:57.00GBRLaura Muir4:00.773:53.37ITAGaia Sabbatini4:11.723:59.49GBRRevee...
Athlos’ all-women Coachella-meets-athletics event adds London to its schedule; will it fly?
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William Gibson wrote, “The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed,” in his novel, Cyberpunk. He may have been referring to the contrasts he predicted between pervasive high technology...
Jamaican long jumper Carey McLeod banned for whereabouts failures
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Jamaican long jumper, Carey McLeod, has been banned from racing for a period of two years starting May 28, 2026, for Whereabouts Failures. McLeod missed tests on June 30, 2025, August 9,...
Burundian-Spanish athlete Rodrigue Kwizera runs 26:01 in Madrid, on a downhill course
Burundian athlete, Rodrigue Kwizera, ran the Madrid Vintage Run 10K, finishing in the time of 26 minutes and one second, the fastest known time ever.
However, the result cannot be ratified by World Athletics as official as the course...
Sam Blaskowski runs a 9.89-second 100 metre sprint for the world lead
Sam Blaskowski won the Music City Track Carnival 100 metre dash race in Nashville, Tennessee, in a new personal best of 9.89 seconds on Saturday.
Two things are notable about the result. The performance makes him the fastest person...
Rabat Diamond League: Isaac Nader leads a deep 1500m field as El Bakkali returns...
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The Wanda Diamond League heads to Morocco on Sunday, May 31, for the Meeting International Mohammed VI, where Olympic champions, world medallists, and Diamond League winners converge at the newly inaugurated Rabat Olympic...
Thirty-two athletes selected for the U20 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for Mannheim...
A talented squad of 32 athletes has been selected to represent the U20 Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team (GB & NI) at the 2026 Mannheim International Gala in Germany, taking place from 13–14 June 2026.
The Mannheim Gala serves as a key...
