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Botched penis injections: Man wins ‘biggest medical payout’ after doctors cause irreversible harm
3 months, 1 week ago

Botched penis injections: Man wins ‘biggest medical payout’ after doctors cause irreversible harm

Hindustan Times  

A man who visited doctors complaining of fatigue and instead had his penis ruined was awarded the “biggest medical payout” in history. The patient reportedly received millions after a series of “invasive erectile dysfunction shots” caused “irreversible harm” to his male organ. The attorneys also added that the statement sends a message to medical providers that “they cannot prioritize profits …

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Kenyan runner Anyango banned for six years for use of testosterone and EPO
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenyan runner Anyango banned for six years for use of testosterone and EPO

The Hindu  

Kenyan cross country runner Emmaculate Anyango has been banned for six years after failing a doping test for testosterone and the blood-boosting hormone EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Friday. READ: New mixed 4x100m relay added to 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship She said that she had not deliberately taken or injected any prohibited substances but the AIU were …

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South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight
1 year, 1 month ago

South African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for help funding her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights. The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the Strasbourg-based international court, which ruled …

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Caster Semenya says her children will not do athletics as ‘women are treated like animals’
1 year, 4 months ago

Caster Semenya says her children will not do athletics as ‘women are treated like animals’

The Independent  

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Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes
1 year, 4 months ago

Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to testosterone limits imposed on female athletes

CNN  

CNN — South Africa’s two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya told CNN that having to take testosterone-reducing medication in order to compete internationally was “hell” and had a negative impact on her health. “World Athletics has over a decade of research, directly from DSD athletes in our own sport, that show high testosterone levels do provide an unfair advantage in the …

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Cycling governing body BAN female transgender athletes who transitioned before puberty
1 year, 8 months ago

Cycling governing body BAN female transgender athletes who transitioned before puberty

Daily Mail  

Cycling has become the latest sport to ban transgender women from competing in the female category at international events. The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, announced the rule change on Friday ‘to protect the female class and ensure equal opportunities’, bringing the sport into line with athletics and swimming and following British Cycling’s own policy change in May. Under the …

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Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court
1 year, 8 months ago

Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules at human rights court

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won an appeal against track and field’s testosterone rules on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against. The ruling could force sport’s highest court to re-examine the regulations that force Semenya and other female athletes to artificially reduce naturally high testosterone levels in order to compete at …

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Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins testosterone ruling appeal
1 year, 8 months ago

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins testosterone ruling appeal

Al Jazeera  

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled in favour of Olympic champion Caster Semenya, saying courts in Switzerland should give her a new chance to fight a requirement that female athletes with high natural testosterone take drugs to lower it. The South African double Olympic 800m champion, 32, had approached the European Court of Human Rights in February 2021 after …

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Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events
1 year, 11 months ago

Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events

NPR  

Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events Enlarge this image toggle caption World Athletics/Reuters World Athletics/Reuters World Athletics Council, the governing body for international track and field, will bar transgender women athletes from elite competitions for women. Though the council says there are no transgender athletes currently in international track and field competition, the ruling could …

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5000m contender Niyonsaba out of world champs with injury
2 years, 8 months ago

5000m contender Niyonsaba out of world champs with injury

Associated Press  

Francine Niyonsaba withdrew from the world championships with a foot injury on Monday, just when she looked to be a good bet for her first major medal in the 5,000 meters after being forced to switch to long-distance events by the contentious testosterone rules. Burundi’s Niyonsaba is a former Olympic and worlds silver medalist in the 800 meters but was …

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Semenya included in 5,000m entry list for world championships
2 years, 8 months ago

Semenya included in 5,000m entry list for world championships

The Hindu  

South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been included on the entry list for the 5,000m event at next week’s World Championships in Oregon. “There were several withdrawals from other athletes around the world which opened the opportunity and World Athletics made it possible that she be entered,” a spokesperson for Athletics South Africa told Reuters in an email on …

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Taye wins 5K on opening night of the Prefontaine Classic
2 years, 9 months ago

Taye wins 5K on opening night of the Prefontaine Classic

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Ejgayehu Taye of Ethiopia bested world record holder Letesenbet Gidey in the 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on Friday night. Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda won the men’s 5,000 in 12:57.99. The men’s and women’s 10,000-meter races were U.S. Track and Field qualification events for the world outdoor championships set …

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Seb Coe warns 'the future of women's sport' is at stake in transgender athletes row
2 years, 11 months ago

Seb Coe warns 'the future of women's sport' is at stake in transgender athletes row

The Telegraph  

Asked how important the challenge of transgender women is in athletics, Coe said: “I think that the integrity of women’s sport - if we don’t get this right - and actually the future of women’s sport, is very fragile.” World Athletics has already taken a hard line with DSD athletes like Caster Semenya, forcing them to lower their testosterone levels …

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Caster Semenya working on memoir, ‘Silence All the Noise’
3 years, 5 months ago

Caster Semenya working on memoir, ‘Silence All the Noise’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels, including her battles to be eligible for competition. Through my example, I want to educate, enlighten, and inform about how the world can welcome those born different,” the South …

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Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 9 months ago

Semenya fails in second attempt to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The Hindu  

Star South African athlete Caster Semenya failed again on Friday in Durban to qualify for the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Semenya won a race arranged so that the 30-year-old could attempt to book a place in the South African Olympic team. Semenya has been the Olympic champion twice and world champion three times over 800m, but is …

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Still too fast: Caster Semenya arrested for speeding
3 years, 10 months ago

Still too fast: Caster Semenya arrested for speeding

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olympic champion Caster Semenya was …

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Soviet Union's Olympic track and field champion Tamara Press dies in Russia
3 years, 10 months ago

Soviet Union's Olympic track and field champion Tamara Press dies in Russia

The Hindu  

Tamara Press, a three-time Olympic champion from the Soviet Union who withdrew from international competition amid speculation and jibes about her gender, has passed away at the age of 83. She had won gold in the shot put and silver in the discus throw at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and gold in both events four years later at the 1964 …

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Defending champion Caster Semenya sidelined at worlds
5 years, 5 months ago

Defending champion Caster Semenya sidelined at worlds

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Defending 800-meter champion Caster Semenya has dominated her event like no other female athlete in track over the past 10 years, winning two Olympic golds and three world championships. “We’re all different.” Of her high testosterone, Semenya says “so what?” She is joined by experts who say the IAAF hasn’t proven that what the organization considers intersex …

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Documents Reveal New Details in Bitter Semenya-IAAF Battle
5 years, 8 months ago

Documents Reveal New Details in Bitter Semenya-IAAF Battle

The Quint  

In the documents, the two-time Olympic 800-meter champion also described her "atrocious and humiliating" treatment before and after her first world championships in 2009. Here are some more details from the court documents: Semenya’s Story In witness statements, Semenya described extensively for the first time her experiences around the worlds, her first major championships, in Berlin a decade ago. Semenya …

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Documents reveal new details in bitter Semenya-IAAF battle
5 years, 8 months ago

Documents reveal new details in bitter Semenya-IAAF battle

Associated Press  

Caster Semenya was accused by the IAAF of intentionally running slowly at times to mask her alleged advantage from elevated natural testosterone, according to recently released court documents. Semenya agreed in 2010 to take hormone-suppressing medication — oral contraceptive pills — but only after the IAAF said she could only continue competing if she medically reduced her natural testosterone. Her …

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Caster Semenya: IAAF to fight Swiss court testosterone ruling
5 years, 9 months ago

Caster Semenya: IAAF to fight Swiss court testosterone ruling

The Hindu  

The IAAF said on Tuesday that it will fight a Swiss court decision to suspend its rules obliging athletes, including double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, to lower their testosterone levels in order to compete in certain events. Switzerland’s highest court on Monday temporarily suspended the IAAF rules following an appeal by Semenya, the South African who won the women’s 800 …

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Caster Semenya files appeal to Swiss court: 'IAAF will not stop me from being who I am'
5 years, 9 months ago

Caster Semenya files appeal to Swiss court: 'IAAF will not stop me from being who I am'

The Hindu  

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya has lodged an appeal to Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court after losing her case against controversial IAAF rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels. READ | Caster Semenya hypoandrogenism CAS ruling: All you need to know New IAAF rules require women with higher than normal male hormone levels to artificially lower the amount of …

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Caster Semenya to return to track in 2,000 metres race in France
5 years, 9 months ago

Caster Semenya to return to track in 2,000 metres race in France

The Hindu  

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run in the 2,000 metres in a meeting held in the Paris suburbs on June 11, the organisers said on Friday. The race in Montreuil, just east of the French capital, will be the South African's first since she lost an appeal against International Association of Athletics Federations rules governing testosterone levels in women …

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Caster Semenya to race 3000m at Diamond League's Prefontaine
5 years, 9 months ago

Caster Semenya to race 3000m at Diamond League's Prefontaine

The Hindu  

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya will race the 3,000 meters at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic on June 30, a distance she can contest without reducing her testosterone levels. READ | Caster Semenya says 'Hell No' to taking medication to lower testosterone levels South Africa has said it will lodge an appeal of the CAS ruling with the Switzerland Federal …

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