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Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is among those favoured to win the mens’ 2024 Olympic marathon on Saturday. (Photo by Luciano Lima/Getty Images)

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

Caster Semenya celebrates as she crosses the line ahead of Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi to win the Womens 800 metres final during day ten of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017 at The London Stadium on August 13, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

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…

Caster Semenya may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal
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‘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