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TOKYO, JAPAN – AUGUST 03: Beatrice Masilingi of Team Namibia celebrates with her teammate and silver medal winner Christine Mboma after the Women’s 200m Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
BEATRICE MASILINGI

Olympics: Namibia’s sprinters highlight a flawed testosterone testing system

Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye from the Centre for Sport Leadership at Maties Sport (Stellenbosch University) researches African women and gender equity in sport. We asked her what issues…

  • Nana Adom-Aboagye
6 min read
Bigger than sport: Since that fateful 800m final race in August 2009, for which Caster Semenya earned a gold medal, the athlete has had regulatory authorities policing and labelling her body as well as her gender identity. (Stu Forster/Getty Images)
BERLIN

Semenya war reaches new impasse

The athletics world will fail to turn unless the IAAF placates a new opponent

  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
Indomitable: Caster Semenya has various options to consider. (Cameron Spencer/ Getty Images)
CASTER SEMENYA

Semenya verdict ‘beyond absurd’

The rejection of her appeal flirts with scientific facts, leaving room for ambiguity

  • Luke Feltham
6 min read