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Semenya's lawyer says they'll explore options to challenge recent court outcome
Semenya has been fighting last year's ruling by the Court of Arbitration, which said she should take the drugs before she can compete in events between 400...
World Athletics expects to announce the findings of a review into the technology used in road and track shoes by the end of January.
Caster Semenya made headlines in 2019, but not for her record-breaking feats. Unfortunately for her and for South African athletics fans, it was more to do with her legitimacy as an athlete. EWN looks back at what Semenya went through in 2019.
The International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF) dropped the 200m, 3,000m steeplechase, triple jump and discus from its list of "core" disciplines at Diamond League meetings in 2020.
It said the aim was to reduce the length of the Diamond League meetings to fit a 90-minute international broadcast window.
The IAAF said in a statement that 15 meetings will be staged between 17 April and 11 September, one more than this year with an additional date in China at a venue yet to be decided.
Under the new eligibility rules announced this week, transgender athletes are no longer required to be recognised by law in their new gender but only need to provide a 'signed declaration' that they identify as female.
The 25-year-old Kosgei finished the Chicago Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds on Sunday to shatter Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old world record of 2:15:25, which the Briton had set in London.
Kipchoge, who finished a special marathon in Vienna in one hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds that will not be recognised for world record purposes, also was nominated for his London Marathon course record.
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.
Sebastian Coe, who took over the reins during a period of turmoil in world athletics, was re-elected by unanimous vote of the 203 delegates attending the International Association of Athletics Federations' Congress in Doha.
According to the unit, there was a presence of prohibited substances, Ibutamoren and LGD-4033, in her system.
The 26-year-old made a winning return to the Danish capital, where he won his first world half-marathon title in 2014, breaking the previous record of 58:18 set by compatriot Abraham Kiptum in Valencia last year.
Vuyokazi Nombewu from Gugulethu is using the marathon to qualify for the 2020 Comrades Ultra Marathon.
"We've covered a lot of ground, there's no question about that," IAAF president Coe told AFP in an interview in Zurich, host of the opening Diamond League final.
Being Caster Semenya means being a global athletics star, an activist, and a catalyst for social change. History will prove that she's perfectly equipped to be all those things and more, writes Adrian Ephraim.
Caster Semenya believes the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is targeting her because of her dominance in the 800 metre races.
Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya said she hasn't received support from women internationally, but the South African champion said it was none of her business and she would maintain good sportsmanship.
Semenya relayed the story of how she got into running and the battles she has faced.