Day 2 in Ottawa: Rogers rolls on, distance runners deliver, and the decathletes survive...
There is something about the trending numeronym "6 7" that brings the numbers to the cultural fore. We now seem them everywhere; they are...
WADA and USADA at it again: Tygart pushed back on the global authority
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) continue to clash over how doping control should be governed.
USADA chief executive...
Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol are going to prove to be a handful for...
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No one has ever accused the Czech people of lacking a sense of humour. Consider the common...
Former American middle-distance runner Jenny Simpson collapsed during run and taken to hospital with...
American middle-distance athlete, Jenny Simpson, was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after collapsing at the Sir Walter Miler in Raleigh, NC. She was pacing...
Bekoji, Ethiopia, the cradle of distance running was at it again with the Ethio...
Bekoji, the high-altitude, thin-air cradle of Ethiopian distance running, was at it again on Sunday. The town that has minted more Olympic and World...
The Berlin Marathon once again loads the cannon of talent
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa is heading back to Berlin, and the BMW BERLIN‑MARATHON just became the gravitational centre of the marathon universe again. The Olympic...
Jaxon Kuchar interview from 2026 Victoria Track Classic
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Jaxon Kuchar ran the 3000m event at the 2026 Vic Track Classic. He finished second to Matthew...
Wes Shipsey interview from 2026 Victoria Track Classic
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Wes Shipsey from Portland, Oregon, is going to school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at Wake Forest...
Ireland recently suffered the passing of two great athletes: Ó Lionáird and O’Reilly
The Irish athletics community has suffered a couple of blows recently with the deaths of former middle-distance runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird and 1988 Seoul...
Anti-doping agencies race toward 2027 compliance as testing and enforcement intensify
The anti-doping landscape is undergoing another significant shift as national agencies, laboratories, and sporting federations prepare for the implementation of the 2027 World Anti-Doping...
