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British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance

Furious British athletes have accused the national federation of ‘stealing’ their chance to compete at next month’s World Championships, with UK Athletics set to rip up their invitations

The Guardian - UK

Paris 2024, one year out: radical Olympics reboot amid French unrest

Organisers begin countdown confident France will come together despite recent raft of strikes and civil disobedience

The Guardian - UK

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…

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African voices amplified by continental podcast explosion

Podcasts are on the rise in Africa. The huge sector has been dominated by voices from outside the continent, but more African producers are now turning to the mic to tell their stories. Also the European Court of Human Rights finds that South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya was discriminated…

France 24

Caster Semenya speaks out after winning human rights court appeal against testosterone rules

Caster Semenya has spoken out after the European Court of Human Rights ruled in her favour over rules regarding testosterone levels in female athletes

Daily Mirror

Martina Navratilova starts Twitter row with Megan Rapinoe over trans women in sports

18-time Grand Slam winner had a one word response to Rapinoe’s claims that she was fueling transphobia

The Independent UK

It has been a long time coming – Caster Semenya ‘elated’ over ECHR ruling

The South African, who won 800m Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, has been unable to compete at her favoured distance since 2019.

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Caster Semenya wins testosterone discrimination case at European court

In tonight's edition: South African double 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins her appeal at the European Court of Human Rights against World Athletics rules requiring her to artificially lower her testosterone levels. Also, the WHO says a new anti-malaria vaccine is a major breakthrough. Some 18 million doses have…

France 24

Martina Navratilova makes her feelings clear on Megan Rapinoe's transgender sports stance

United States soccer star Megan Rapinoe would welcome transgender women competing with or against her, but tennis icon Martina Navratilova has a very different view

Daily Mirror

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years

Champion runner Caster Semenya won a potentially landmark legal decision when the European Court of Human Rights decided she was discriminated against by rules in track and field

The Hindu

Who is Caster Semenya? Olympic champion wins appeal against testosterone rules

South African 800-metre runner will not have to artificially lower her testosterone levels, the ECHR has decided

Evening Standard

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins EU appeal against Swiss ruling over 'rights infringement'

South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya has won her appeal at the European Court of Human Rights, which challenged whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs.

Radio France Internationale

European court rules that Caster Semenya’s human rights were violated

Semenya won Olympic gold over 800 metres in 2012 and 2016.

The Independent UK

South African runner Caster Semenya wins appeal at European rights court

NEW DELHI: South African athlete Caster Semenya, the two-time Olympic champion in the 800m, on Tuesday won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, challenging the infringement of her rights in relation to the requirement for women with high testosterone levels to undergo drug-induced reduction.

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Caster Semenya found to have been discriminated against in testosterone case as she wins appeal at European Court of Human Rights

The 32-year-old was legally identified as female at birth but has a condition which means her body naturally produces higher levels of testosterone than women without the condition.

The Independent UK

Caster Semenya found to be victim of discrimination in testosterone case by ECHR

Semenya won Olympic gold over 800 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Games.

Evening Standard

Caster Semenya wins appeal over ‘discrimination’ at European Court of Human Rights

Caster Semenya was discriminated against by the introduction of rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels in order to continue competing, according to a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.

Daily Mirror

Caster Semenya: Olympic champion wins human rights court appeal against testosterone rules

Caster Semenya has been in a long-running dispute with World Athletics since regulations requiring her to take hormone treatment to decrease her natural testosterone levels were introduced in 2018

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The Independent UK

Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya's human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules

The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final judgment on Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal challenge against track and field's contentious sex eligibility rules

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution could kill London as a sporting capital, Sebastian Coe warns

The World Athletics president says the climate crisis and poor air quality may cause havoc to the sporting calendar

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m born to suffer’: refugee athlete Dominic Lobalu on race to find a home

The saga of the stateless elite runner and the Swiss school teacher who saw his talent is the subject of a new documentary

The Independent UK

Tori Bowie death: Olympic sprinter who died alone in childbirth hailed as ‘beacon of light’

Athlete reportedly suffered complications that may have included eclampsia and respiratory distress

Chicago Sun-Times

Jim Hines, first man to break 10-second barrier in 100-meter dash, dies at 76

At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he ran an electronically-timed 9.95 — winning gold and setting a world record that stood for 15 years.

The Independent UK

Caster Semenya wants to inspire resilience with memoir published by Merky Books

She won the 2009 World Championships in Berlin at the age of 18.

The Times of India

World Athletics to introduce 'short track' concept to evolve indoor events

World Athletics announced on Tuesday that they will be introducing the concept of 'short track' competition to replace the term 'indoor' in relation to 200 meters tracks. This change is being made to accommodate hybrid competition venues, including temporary city locations.

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