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Semenya to take on Boxer in Tshwane run

Independent online (SA) 06 Nov 2024
CASTER SEMENYA is brave ... Semenya has signed up for the Boxer Super Run (5km) taking place in Tshwane on Sunday ... Semenya believes that the Boxer Super Run offers invaluable opportunities for young athletes.
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Caster Semenya condemns gender ‘stigma’ that still haunts Olympics, a decade after her first Olympic gold

CNN 10 Aug 2024
For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s boxing was unusually poignant ... Semenya had the regulations overturned last year in the European Court of Human Rights.
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Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting Gender Row Echoes Caster Semenya Humiliation

Newsweek 09 Aug 2024
Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are set to face off in the 2024 Paris Olympics Gold Medal boxing match later today ....
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Caster Semenya slams Olympic chiefs as she breaks silence on boxing gender controversy

The Mirror 06 Aug 2024
Caster Semenya has weighed in on the boxing gender controversy at the Paris Olympics involving Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, with the two-time gold medallist taking aim at the International Olympic Committee ... .
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Caster Semenya hits out at Olympic chiefs over ‘inconsistent’ gender rules

The Daily Telegraph 06 Aug 2024
Caster Semenya has hit out at gender rule inconsistencies at the Olympics as she waded in to the row over the two boxers who allegedly failed sex tests. Semenya, who has ...
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Imane Khelif backed by Caster Semenya - who faced her own Olympic gender controversy - ...

The Daily Mail 06 Aug 2024
Once the subject of her own gender controversy, South African runner Caster Semenya is speaking out in defense of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif amid a similar uproar at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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News24 | 'There's a lot in the tank': Semenya backs Sekgodiso to claim Olympic medal ...

News24 05 Aug 2024
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya believes South Africa's middle-distance runner Prudence Sekgodiso has a good chance to medal ahead of the women's 800m final ... .
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Team SA: Following in Caster Semenya’s strides? History beckons for Prudence Sekgodiso at Paris Olympics

Independent online (SA) 05 Aug 2024
South Africa is no stranger to success in the women’s 800m, with Caster Semenya having reigned supreme at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games with gold at both editions. While Semenya would have been the ...
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Italian Boxer Angela Carini Quits Olympic Bout, Sparking Gender Furor

New York Times 01 Aug 2024
The Italian, Angela Carini, stopped fighting only 46 seconds into her matchup against Imane Khelif of Algeria, who had been barred from a women’s event last year ... .
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Read These Children’s Books About the Olympic Games and Sports

New York Times 24 Jul 2024
Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games — and teach valuable lessons along the way ... .
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Kenya seeks to ban intersex athletes from lowering hormone levels to compete in sports

Washington Blade 30 May 2024
The trans athletes opposed the World Athletics regulations with Semenya challenging them in court, but lost the case, even though the U.N ... equivalent of Semenya in Uganda and an equivalent in the U.S.
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Two literary fairs are one for the books

Mail Guardian South Africa 23 May 2024
Participants include Caster Semenya, Jonathan Ancer, Naledi Shange, Jo Watson, Shafinaaz Hassim, Pip Williams, Femi Kayode, Natalie Conyer, Barbara Boswell, Ivan Vladislavic, Oyama Mabandla, Kobby Ben ...
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Prudence Sekgodiso looks ready to take 800m baton from Caster Semenya

Independent online (SA) 20 May 2024
While South Africa’s 800m queen Caster Semenya is still fighting for her human right to compete in her favourite event, the heir to her throne Prudence Sekgodiso is making waves ... South Africa will be hoping she can emulate Semenya at the Olympics.

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