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Media playback is not supported on this device The trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF, will get under way in Paris on Monday. The 86-year-old Senegalese faces corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping scandal. Diack was investigated by French authorities for four years […]
New Zealand's greatest Olympian, Sir Peter Snell, was planning on a roast dinner and a game of table tennis when he died in Dallas, aged 80. Snell's wife Miki told Stuff her husband was having a good day, despite a health scare last month when he passed out while driving and crashed into several parked […]
Joshua Cheptegei has set a new 10km road world record in Valencia. The Ugandan distance runner recorded a time of 26 minutes and 38 seconds to improve the mark of Kenya’s Leonard Komon by six seconds. Komon’s record had stood for nine years. Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency “must get tougher” and ban all Russian athletes from competing at the Olympics, says US Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart. World Athletics, formerly the IAAF, has halted Russia’s reinstatement after senior officials were suspended for anti-doping rule breaches. Russia has been banned from competing as a nation in athletics since 2015. […]
Zara Hyde Peters agreed with the UK Athletics board that she would not take up the position of chief executive “for the good of the sport”. Due to begin her role with UK Athletics on 1 December, Hyde Peters said the decision was “one of the most painful experiences I have ever had to face”. […]
Former marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe will coach former Nike Oregon Project athlete Jordan Hasay, the American has announced. Hasay, 28, wrote on Instagram: “I’m excited and honoured to have Paula Radcliffe as my coaching advisor. “I look forward to working with Paula, whose expertise in being the former world record holder in the […]
American Alberto Salazar, who has coached some of the world's top distance runners, has appealed against his four-year ban for doping violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed. Salazar was given a four-year ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency in September for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct" as head coach of the […]
Alberto Salazar’s appeal against his four-year ban is unlikely to be heard before March 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has said. Mo Farah’s former coach was found guilty of doping violations after an investigation, along with Dr Jeffrey Brown, who treated Salazar’s athletes. In a statement, Cas said the appeals of both […]
When world history was made in Austria last month, four Australian distance runners played a small but consequential part. They are Australian athletics' version of The Dish. Like the satellite dish guiding the Apollo 11 to the moon from a cow field in NSW, the roles of four Australian distance runners were no less significant […]
Banned coach Alberto Salazar’s “obsession” with controlling weight led to mental health problems in athletes, his former assistant has claimed. Steve Magness was reacting to American athlete Mary Cain’s account of ill effects she suffered under Salazar, who received a four-year ban for doping violations. “I’ve witnessed the harm and damage that such a culture […]