Athletics Illustrated Magazine

The 2026 Rimi Riga Marathon and half-marathon took place on Sunday, May 16, in Riga, Latvia. The men's winner was Kenyan Kelvin Kiptoo Kororia. He clocked in a 2:08:58 performance, well ahead of Ethiopian Getachew Kene Tufa with his finish...

It was December 1979 when The Clash released their landmark song "London Calling." This was 17 and 13 years before Nicola Olyslagers and Cordell Tinch were born, respectively.British Athletics is calling reigning world champion Olyslagers and newly crowned global...

October may be a long way away to athletics fans, but it is just one training cycle for marathoners wanting to compete in the Frankfurt Marathon. German marathon stars Richard Ringer and Samuel Fitwi will run the Mainova Frankfurt...

Olympic champions Noah Lyles and Rai Benjamin had great season-opening performances at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo on Sunday. The meet took place at the National Stadium, the venue that hosted the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Lyles opened...

The Swiss sportswear brand On has added some legitimate horsepower to its roster, securing collegiate phenom Elsingi Kipruto to a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) agreement. Kipruto, currently busy rewriting Louisville’s record book as a freshman, arrives with the...

© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Faith Kipyegon opened her 2026 outdoor season Saturday with a performance that raised the question of whether the three-time Olympic champion will target the women’s 5000m world record this year. She ran...

The 2026 Diamond League season opened in Shanghai/Keqiao with the sort of meet that usually arrives in August, not May. World leads, national records and meeting records fell in clusters across an evening that often felt closer to a...

The 2026 African Athletics Championships opened in the capital of Ghana, Accra, with world record holder Tobi Amusan headlining the start lists. Day 1 should have been a showcase of continental talent. Instead, it quickly became a case study...

The Mattoni Half Marathon Karlovy Vary will open the 2026 EuroHeroes series with something increasingly rare in European road racing, which is a field so balanced it might actually produce tension. On Saturday, May 16, last year’s winner Damián...

Updated: May 16, 2026, 810 AM PST Editor’s note: The three primary athletes referenced below were coached by Claudio Berardelli while he worked for Rosa & Associati. *The earlier-reported Asbel Kiprop association does not directly implicate Berardelli. Kiprop's coaches were...