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Trans women banned from female athletics
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» PARIS - Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
Jeruto storms world steeple, Feng claims discus
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - Kenyan-born Norah Jeruto won world gold for Kazakhstan in the women's 3000m steeplechase on Wednesday while China's Feng Bin threw a massive personal best to claim the discus title.
Semenya falls well short in bold bid at world 5000m
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» EUGENE (UNITED STATES) - Caster Semenya's first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women's 5000m finals.
Semenya welcome at world champs, says Coe
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» EUGENE: Caster Semenya, who will make her first appearance in a world championships in five years when she competes in the women's 5000m in Eugene, has every right to be there, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday.
Swiss court confirms Semenya cannot compete without hormone-suppressing treatment
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» LAUSANNE: South Africa's double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya cannot compete until she accepts to be treated with hormone-suppressing drugs, the Swiss supreme court confirmed on Tuesday.
Warholm seals hurdles double as Lasitskene clinches hat-trick
AFP, Published on 01/10/2019
» DOHA - Norway's Karsten Warholm retained his 400m hurdles World Championship crown with a barnstorming victory in Doha Monday as Russia's Mariya Lasitskene completed a superb high jump hat-trick.
World Championships seek Bolt successor, shake off doping
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» DOHA: The first World Athletics Championships of the post-Usain Bolt era get under way here Friday with the sport desperately seeking a new superstar as it tackles a slew of ongoing doping controversies.
No 800m, no worlds says defiant Semenya
AFP, Published on 01/07/2019
» STANFORD: Caster Semenya said Sunday she will not take part in this year's World Championships if she loses her legal battle with the IAAF over new rules governing testosterone levels in female athletes.
Semenya to race 3,000m at Diamond League's Prefontaine
AFP, Published on 21/05/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya will race the 3,000 meters at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic on June 30, a distance she can contest without reducing her testosterone levels.
Kenyan runner Wambui fears testosterone rules will end career
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» NAIROBI: Kenya's Olympic 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Nyairera Wambui can feel her career slipping away from her, with no idea when, or if, she will be able to compete internationally again.