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World Athletics chief Seb Coe: 'We stand firm against Russian athletes taking part'

Coe rejected Moscow's claims of a 'personal obsession' with banning Russian athletes and reflected on his term and the crisis at FIFA.

Euronews · Sep 15

Armand Duplantis breaks the men's pole vault world record again

Armand Duplantis breaks the men's pole vault world record again. We take a look at Duplantis's vault of 6.3 metres on Monday.

The Sports Daily · Sep 16, 2025

Transgender athletes face an uncertain future at the Olympics as reactionary policies gain ground

At the last Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history as the first openly transgender athlete in Olympic history. American transgender and non-binary runner Nikki Hiltz recently qualified for the 2024 Paris Games, marking their Olympic debut.

The Conversation · Jul 23, 2024

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Caster Semenya: ‘How would I label myself? I’m an African. I’m a woman. I’m a different woman’

She’s the Olympic gold-winner whose elevated testosterone levels led people to question her right to compete. With a few choice words for World Athletics, the middle-distance runner talks about labels, leaked medical records and how lowering her hormones took its toll on her body

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2023

Caster Semenya's legal victory is significant for human rights, but doesn't necessarily mean she'll be able to compete again – here's why

Olympic athlete Caster Semenya has repeatedly come into conflict with competition rules set out by the athletics governing body, World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). These rules require athletes like Semenya, who has what is known as a difference of sexual development (DSD), to reduce their blood testosterone level…

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2023

Five crazy excuses why athletes failed a drug test after New Zealand Olympian thought EPO was ‘Covid jab’

Zane Robertson has been banned for eight years after offering a questionable excuse. Here are five other sports stars who have offered similarly ridiculous reasons for failing drug tests

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

Intersex runner Annet Negesa fighting for everyone's right to compete in sport

Ugandan middle-distance runner Annet Negesa was preparing for the London Olympics when she was told she had high testosterone levels. What followed effectively ended her career and up-ended her life. Now she's speaking out.

ABC News · Mar 11, 2023

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Caster Semenya future in doubt as she flops in 5000m after being banned from favourite events

Caster Semenya missed out on qualifying for Saturday's 5,000m final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, after finishing 13th out of 16 runners in her heat

Daily Mirror · Jul 22, 2022

Don't ban transgender women athletes from competing: Dutee Chand

NEW DELHI: India's ace sprinter Dutee Chand - who was once accused of being a 'man' for failing the hyperandrogenism (male testosterone) test and later subjected to a gender verification test by the national athletics federation (AFI) - has spoken out in favour of the transgender athletes, who have been…

The Times of India · Jun 23, 2022

Olympic champion Caster Semenya 'offered to show vagina' to athletics bosses in gender test

The South African runner should by right be regarded as one of the greatest competitors on the track, winning gold at two consecutive Olympic Games - London 2012 and then Rio 2016.

Daily Record · May 26, 2022

Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics chiefs to prove she is female

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has previously been asked to undergo a 'sex verification test' by the IAAF to ascertain whether or not she was female

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022

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