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Paris 2024: Africa’s marathon runners gear up for the ultimate test of endurance
The world is eagerly waiting to see if the continent’s marathon elite will showcase their unmatched endurance and strategy on this grand stage
Gerda Steyn shatters Colleen de Reuck’s South African marathon record
The 31-year-old long-distance runner is the current Comrades and Two Oceans champion
The sports world is failing to protect the human rights of women athletes
Caster Semenya’s case and that of other black women athletes spells bad news for the human rights of women in sport, including their right to dignity and equality
Semenya confirms she’s taking testosterone battle to European Court of Human Rights
Caster Semenya’s latest legal challenge follows a series of setbacks that seemed to have ended her chances of competing in her preferred events
Semenya’s long run for justice ends
World Athletics, in its pursuit of Semenya, has destroyed anything resembling fairness. The waters have been polluted, leaving future generations to wade through a set of rules…
‘Wrong side of history’: Caster Semenya’s CAS appeal shot down
South Africa’s star Olympic athlete may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal