Christopher Kelsall

1 day ago | athleticsillustrated.com | Christopher Kelsall

Great Britain has hosted a number of international competitions over the past 20 years, including the 2012 London Olympic Games. There were also the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Great Britain also hosted the 2017 World Athletics Championships. Athletes are currently lobbying the government to support a bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Next is the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

1 day ago | athleticsillustrated.com | Christopher Kelsall

Former Russian 800-metre runner Ekaterina Guliyev’s upgraded second-place result from the London 2012 Olympic Games has been disqualified after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed her appeal against a four-year doping ban. In reaching its judgement, CAS upheld the decision to disqualify the 34-year-old’s results from 17 July 2012 to 20 October 2014, confirming the loss of her reallocated Olympic silver medal.

1 day ago | athleticsillustrated.com | Christopher Kelsall

Roje Stona is the reigning Olympic gold medalist and Olympic record-holder, with a PB of 70.00m. 🇱🇹 Mykolas Alekna is the reigning Olympic silver medalist and current world record-holder (75.56m). 🇸🇪 Daniel Ståhl is the reigning World Champion and 2020 Olympic gold medalist, with a PB of 71.86m. Ethan Katzberg is the reigning Olympic and World Champion, with a PB of 84.38m (276’ 10”), currently ranked #1 in the world.

2 days ago | athleticsillustrated.com | Christopher Kelsall

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent agency started by World Athletics and granted full authority to oversee issues related to do with the World Anti-Doping Agency Code, has focused on Category-A countries like Kenya. Kenya has been in the spotlight due to excessive doping by its athletes. More recently, Ethiopian and Indian athletes have been receiving suspensions or bans for doping, Athlete Biological Passport blood value anomalies, evading doping control officers and other issues.

2 days ago | athleticsillustrated.com | Christopher Kelsall

By Paul GainsSalome Nyirarukundo returns to the Under Armour Toronto 10K on Saturday, June 14th in search of the victory that has eluded her the past two years. The Rwandan finished second in both the 2024 and 2023 editions of this Canada Running Series race and would like nothing more than to reach the top step on the podium this time. “Absolutely, you know, I am a very competitive woman, I am always trying to improve myself, racing better and better,” says the 27-year-old Ottawa resident.