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Olympic champion Caster Semenya is challenging a recently introduced IAAF regulation, calling it "discriminatory." The two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 800-metre will file a legal case today before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, challenging the IAAF's recently introduced Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification. "I am very upset that I have been […]
Earlier this month, South African runner Caster Semenya continued her dominance of the women's middle-distance events, winning the 1,500 metres by more than a second at a Diamond League meet in Doha. Semenya won the women's 800m race at the opening Diamond League event in Doha. Under a new and controversial rule, Semenya will be […]
It’s been nearly a decade since Caster Semenya arrived on the global stage. After blowing away the field in the women’s 800 metres at the 2009 world championships as a teenager, the South African track star has added two more world titles and a pair of Olympic victories to her resumé. But Semenya, who will run […]
Semenya will take to the track for her two-lap final at 8.10pm tonight with a two-year unbeaten record to defend. She is the reigning Olympic champion and has won gold (2009) and silver (2011) in the world final before. The South African already has a medal from these championships after snatching bronze in the 1500m […]
The pair will clash again on track in Heat 2 of the 800m semi-finals at 7.45pm tonight with a place in Sunday’s final at stake. Semenya is favourite to add a second two-lap world title to the Olympic gold she won last summer, a race in which Sharp finished sixth despite running a personal best […]
The South African won bronze in the 1500m last night at the World Athletics Championships, beating Team GB’s Laura Muir by the finest of margins. Semenya is hoping to go two steps further in the 800m, her preferred event, which gets underway on Thursday. But irrespective of whether she wins or not, the 26-year-old will […]
The look on Melissa Bishop’s face said it all. The Canadian 800-metre star had just run the race of her life, at the best possible moment, on the world’s biggest stage. “I have never run faster in my life. It’s the smartest race I have ever put down on a track,” Bishop said of her […]
David “Allied” Hance, at left. (image via smitefight.club) David “Allied” Hance, professional Smite player and caster, passed away this afternoon at 25 years old after a year-long battle with cancer, according to a post by LeafreTV, a colleague and friend. Advertisement One year ago, Allied announced his cancer diagnosis. In response, the Smite developers at […]
