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Athlete Caster Semenya wins human rights fight over sex eligibility

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The Independent UK

Caster Semenya declares victory after ECHR rules she was denied fair hearing

Semenya said she had been “waiting 15 years” for this judgement.

The Independent UK

Caster Semenya wins ECHR appeal as sex eligibility case set to return to court

The 34-year-old has been unable to compete in her favoured 800 metres event since 2019

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European Court To Rule In Semenya Sports Gender Case

A top European court will decide Thursday whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her testosterone levels to compete as a woman, in a key decision on contested gender testing.

International Business Times

Rights court says Olympic runner Semenya did not get fair trial in gender case

A top European court Thursday said a Swiss court did not give double Olympic champion Caster Semenya a fair trial in a much-awaited appeals ruling over contested gender testing.

Radio France Internationale

A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

A ruling expected this week by the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights could reignite champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal battle against sports authorities over sex eligibility rules

The Independent UK

Kirsty Coventry vows that IOC will ensure fairness for female athletes

Two athletes – Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting – won gold medals despite having been disqualified from the 2023 World Championships.

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Skinsuits, superspikes and a sticky headband: how Faith Kipyegon hopes to run sub-four minute mile

Kenya’s Olympic champion, backed by Nike’s sports scientists, is striving for the perfect formula to set a new world record

The Guardian - UK

How sports have reacted to Supreme Court’s transgender women ruling

The debate over transgender women in sports has only intensified since the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman

The Independent UK

Trans Women Barred From Women's Football By English, Scottish FAs

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football from June 1, England's governing Football Association announced Thursday.

International Business Times

London Marathon awaits guidance before transgender participant decision

More than 56,000 people are expected to take part in the 2025 event on Sunday

The Independent UK

London Marathon to consult EHRC report before transgender participant decision

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling confirmed the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.

The Independent UK

Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile

Faith Kipyegon plans ‘to make the impossible possible’ by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile this summer

The Guardian - UK

Who is Gout Gout, Australia’s record-breaking teenage sprint sensation?

Al Jazeera’s lowdown on the 17-year-old sprinter of South Sudanese heritage who is drawing comparisons with Usain Bolt.

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Tom’s Guide

I ran 40 miles in the Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 3 carbon plate racing shoe — here’s my verdict

The Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 3’s distinctive midsole design delivers as bouncy a ride as you’ll find in a racing shoe, but it’s unlikely to suit every runner.

Dynamite News

Neeraj Chopra classic javelin throw event to be held in Panchkula on May 24

Neeraj Chopra to headline elite javelin throw event in Panchkula on May 24, confirmed by World Athletics as a Gold-level competition.

Dynamite News

Neeraj Chopra Classic javelin throw event to be held in Panchkula on 24 May

The event has been christened as the Neeraj Chopra Classic as the Indian star is actively involved in its organisation. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

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The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Athletics must be admired in taking stance to protect female sport

Who should be eligible to compete in female events has recently become the most controversial topic in global sport and so the recent move by World…

International Business Times

World Athletics Approves Swab Test To Determine Female Gender

World Athletics said on Tuesday it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.

The Independent UK

World Athletics to require chromosome testing of athletes in women's track and field

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.”

The Independent UK

World Athletics gives go ahead for test to determine athletes’ gender

World Athletics approves new test to determine athletes’ gender

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics mandates cheek swabs to ‘doggedly protect female category’

World Athletics has approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female, Sebastian Coe has announced

The Independent UK

World Athletics approves new test to determine athletes’ gender

Lord Coe has announced the move from the World Athletics Council in what he describes at the latest step to protect female category

The Guardian - UK

So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport?

The Zimbabwean has global sport’s top job but Britain’s Sebastian Coe was snubbed, and with good reason: he might have changed things, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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