Ruth Chepngetich banned 3 years: A staggering 190 times the allowable amount of HCTZ...
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich won the 2024 Chicago Marathon in the jaw-dropping world-fastest time of 2:09:56. Immediately, the athletics world breathed a collective, "No way."...
Russian doping and war watch: The sports that have banned Russia again
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On March 27, 2025, World Athletics extended the Russian (Russian Athletics Federation "RusAthletics") 2022 ban for their...
American sprinter Erriyon Knighton banned four years for doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) appeal of the doping case of American sprinter Erriyon Knighton....
Amsterdam Marathon: While not designated as a Marathon Major, it is a major marathon...
The Amsterdam Marathon, happening Sunday, October 19, as usual, has assembled a fast field of international athletes.
While not one of the seven Marathon...
Femke Bol’s move to the 800 metre event is a fascinating move up, to...
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While it is common for 5000 metre and 10,000 metre specialists to move up from their event toward...
Kenya’s Diana Chepkorir went from provisionally suspended to a 4-year ban for failing to...
"I fought the law and the law won."— Sonny Curtis from the song "I Fought the Law" 1958.
Diana Chepkorir, a 29:56 10km runner from...
Chicago Marathon: Records were made to be broken, and Conner Mantz delivered a new...
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Records were made to be broken, and during the 2025 Chicago Marathon, new standards were indeed set....
Russian Athletics Federation wants to compete again, but Russian Anti-Doping Agency reports 239 positives...
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The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) and Russian President Vladimir Putin desperately want to compete internationally again. Russia...
The International Olympic Committee is looking at adding cross-country to the program
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The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, formed a sub-committee to boost the...
Ugandan Belinda Chemutai, already banned for 3 years, is banned again
Ugandan athlete Belinda Chemutai, already serving a three-year suspension for testing positive for testosterone or its metabolite androstane in 2023, was suspended for another...
