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The History of Gender Testing in Women's Athletics
3 years, 2 months ago

The History of Gender Testing in Women's Athletics

The Quint  

It all started off in 2009 for Semenya after she won 800m title in the World Championships in Berlin as her rapid improvements seemed odd according to the IAAF, who asked her to undergo the gender test. The IAAF says it was "obliged to investigate" after she made improvements of 25 seconds at 1500 m and eight seconds at 800 …

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Former IAAF head Lamine Diack sentenced to 2 years in prison
4 years, 3 months ago

Former IAAF head Lamine Diack sentenced to 2 years in prison

Associated Press  

PARIS — Former track federation president Lamine Diack was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for corruption during his nearly 16-year tenure at the IAAF, most notably a scheme that allowed Russian athletes who paid millions in hush money to keep competing when they should have been suspended for doping. One of Diack’s lawyers, Simon Ndiaye, called the verdict …

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Former IAAF head Lamine Diack sentenced to two years in prison
4 years, 3 months ago

Former IAAF head Lamine Diack sentenced to two years in prison

The Hindu  

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics' governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two years in jail. RELATED| Diack was also found guilty of accepting Russian money to help finance Macky Sall's 2012 presidential campaign in Senegal, his home country, in exchange for slowing …

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Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era
4 years, 6 months ago

Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era

Associated Press  

PARIS — As Usain Bolt set the world ablaze, making athletics the hottest ticket at the Olympic Games, the sport was also being eaten from within. Armed with his father’s name and influence as a titan of Olympic sports, Papa Massata Diack set to work negotiating lucrative sponsorship deals for the IAAF. Prosecutor Arnaud de Laguiche said sports leaders like …

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Lamine Diack corruption trial: Former IAAF president says he should have been more vigilant
4 years, 6 months ago

Lamine Diack corruption trial: Former IAAF president says he should have been more vigilant

Firstpost  

Paris: Former IAAF president Lamine Diack said at his corruption trial that he should have kept a tighter rein on the athletics governing body that prosecutors allege became a nest of malfeasance under his watch. The fourth day of the six-day trial largely focused on allegations that Diack enabled his son who worked as an IAAF marketing consultant to cream …

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Former World Athletics head Lamine Diack says he slowed handling of Russian doping cases to save sponsorship deal
4 years, 6 months ago

Former World Athletics head Lamine Diack says he slowed handling of Russian doping cases to save sponsorship deal

Firstpost  

Diack, 87, said he had not sought to protect the athletes caught up in the scandal, some of whom later competed in the London 2012 Olympics, but to ensure the cases did not come to public attention all at once Paris: Lamine Diack, the former head of World Athletics, on Thursday told a French court he had slowed the handling …

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Ex-athletics chief Diack faces court over corruption
4 years, 6 months ago

Ex-athletics chief Diack faces court over corruption

The Hindu  

Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday facing a potential 10-year prison sentence on charges of accepting millions of dollars to cover up Russian doping tests. Diack, the Senegalese who was in charge of the International Association of Athletics Federations, between 1999 and 2015, is charged with “giving and …

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