By The Whistle on August 20, 2009
A female runner accused of being a man tonight took gold in the 800m World Athletics Championship.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, had to take a gender test after doubts were raised about her sex.
But despite the furore, she easily took gold in the final in Berlin.
The teenage sensation has sparked controversy over her strikingly muscular [...]
Posted in Track & Field | Tagged athlethics south africa, caster semenya, iaaf, nick davis, south africa
By sporty gee kay on January 29, 2008
Defending Olympic 400 meters champion Jeremy Wariner and his long-time coach have split over a contract dispute with the Beijing Games just seven months away.
Clyde Hart, who has coached Wariner for five years beginning with their days at Baylor University, said Wariner wanted to pay him less than his previous contracts.
Hart declined to say if [...]
Posted in General, Running, Track & Field
By sporty gee kay on October 5, 2007
Marion Jones admitted using steroids before the 2000 Olympics in a recent letter to close family and friends, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
Jones, a triple gold medalist in Sydney, said she took “the clear” for two years, beginning in 1999, and that she got it from former coach Trevor Graham, the newspaper reported. Graham told [...]
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