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Oscar Pistorius: When A Disadvantage Becomes An Advantage

Russ Wellen | Posted 11.30.2009 | Sports

Read More: Caster Semenya, Prosthetics, Oscar Pistorius, Track and Field, Double Amputee, Olympics, Disabled Runner, Sports News
Russ Wellen

The case could be made that the efficiency of the prosthetics Pistorius is allowed to use should be governed. But since we're dealing with the disabled, that would seem churlish.

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Caster Semenya's Gender Test, Future Remain Unclear

AP | GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports

Read More: Caster Semenya, Track and Field, Caster Semenya Gender Test, Caster Semenya Gender, Sports News

MONACO — The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issu...

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Caster Semenya's Gender Tests To Remain Secret

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports

Read More: Track and Field, Caster Semenya, Caster Semenya Medals, Caster Semenya Gold Medal, Caster Semenya Gender, Caster Semenya Gender Test, Sports News

JOHANNESBURG — South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gende...

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Oscar Pistorius' Prosthetic Legs Give 10-Second Advantage: Study

AP | CHRIS LEHOURITES | Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports

Read More: Track and Field, Oscar Pistorius, Prosthetic Leg, Oscar Pistorius Prosthetic Leg, Oscar Pistorius Advantage, Sports News

LONDON — The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, acco...

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What It Felt Like to Win a Bronze Medal at the World Championships in Track

Shannon Rowbury | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Bronze-Medal, Olympic Opening Ceremony, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Shannon Rowbury, Track and Field, Sports News
Shannon Rowbury

What matters most is the sense of pride in accomplishing a goal I had worked so long towards and the joy of sharing that success with the people that helped me to achieve it.

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Caster Semenya Gender Test: Outrage, Worry In South Africa Over Report

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Pretoria, Caster Semenya, Sports, Iaaf, South Africa, Testes, Gender, Hermaphrodite, Man, Female, Track and Field, Male, Woman, Castor Semenya, Castor, Caster Semenya Gender Hermaphrodite, World News

PRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya had heard the taunts and whispers – that she was different from other girls. Now the most intimate...

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Caster Semenya HERMAPHRODITE?: Tests Reveal South African Sprinter Has Both Male, Female Characteristics: REPORT

New York Daily News | By Oren Yaniv | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Semanya, Sexual Organs, Ovaries, Caster, Testes, Sprinter, Man or Woman, Gender, Is Caster Semenya a Hermaphrodite, Sports, South Africa, Track, Reproductive Organs, Track and Field, Male or Female, Caster Semenya, Tests, Iaaf, Semenya Hermaphrodite, Caster Semenya XXY, South African Hermaphrodite, Castor Hermaphrodite, Hermaphrodite, Caster Semenya Gender, Hermaphrodite Runner, Caster Semenya's Sex, Caster Semenya Hermaphrodite, South African Female Runner, South African Runner, World News

Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man! The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testo...

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After Semenya: Tracking Male and Female, Injury and Insult

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Intersex, Olympics, Sex, Sexism, Track and Field, Caster Semenya, Heterosexism, Gender, Entertainment News
Philip N. Cohen

Men's sex advantage in some sports is not a sexist myth, as The Nation would have you believe.

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If Caster Were Your Child

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Caster Semanya, Sports, Iaaf, Africa, Track and Field, South Africa, World News
Marcia DeSanctis

The parents of Caster Semenya themselves deserve gold medals. If it were my daughter, I would be inconsolable.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt Breaks World Record, Takes Gold In 200

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Olympics, 200 M Race, 100 M Race, Usain Bolt World's Fastest Man, Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt, Track and Field, Bolt Olympic Record, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Home News

BEIJING — Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the ...

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I Can't Believe Liu Xiang Didn't Race

Meghan Peters | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang Injury, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China Olympics, Track and Field, 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2008 Olympics, Entertainment News
Meghan Peters

Liu Xiang was China's biggest hope at the Bird's Nest. The Games really won't be the same without him.

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Track and Field Delivers World Records Despite Fears of Poor Air Quality; Tickets Can Be Bought

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Beijing, Track and Field, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Usain Bolt, China, Entertainment News
Courtney Woo

The fact that Bolt broke a world record challenges popular fears that poor air quality would mean poor performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

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China's Hurdle Hero Liu Xiang Out of Olympics With Injury

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang Injury, Liu Xiang Withdraws, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Track and Field, Hurdles, Home News

BEIJING — Liu Xiang and the entire nation of China looked forward to this moment for years: The defending Olympic champion lining up to run the ...

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Gay Pulls Up Lame, Fails to Qualify in 200

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Tyson Gay, Track and Field, USA Track and Field, Olympics Trials, Home News

EUGENE, Ore. — Allyson Felix felt no final-day pressure at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. She's just that good. Wallace Spearmon, Jen...

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Gay Sets U.S. Record in 100 Meter Dash

Bloomberg | Michael Buteau | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: U.S. Olympic Trials, Track, Track and Field, Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, 100 Meter Dash, Olympics, Oregon, Entertainment News

Tyson Gay set a new U.S. record in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, beating Maurice Green's nine-year-old mark by .02 seconds....

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Track Star Marion Jones Admits Doping Ahead Of 2000 Olympics

Washington Post | Amy Shipley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2000 Olympics, Track and Field, Doping, Steroids, Marion Jones, Home News

Track star Marion Jones has acknowledged using steroids as she prepared for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney and plans to plead guilty tomorrow in New ...

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