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Track and Field World Championships

Gender-blending South African athlete pilloried at Worlds

Friday, August 21, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

There have only been a few cases of androgynous men competing as women in international competition.  The most notorious of course was Polish sprinter Stanislawa Walasiewicz who won the women’s 100m at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, but was found to have a “partially developed male genitalia” after her death in 1980. With all… Read more.

Usain Bolt: an even faster fastest man on the planet

Monday, August 17, 2009 at 5:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yesterday, a year to the day after he shattered the world record in the 100m at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt of Jamaica did it again in even more impressive fashion at the Track and Field World Championships in Berlin.  The race was billed as a showdown between bolt and Tyson Gay of the United… Read more.