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track and field stories: 39 news summaries

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 Athletics Boss: 
 I Lied About Semenya 

'Tell me someone who has not lied to protect a child,' Chuene says

Sep 19, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The president of Athletics South Africa admitted today that he lied to cover up gender tests conducted on runner Caster Semenya, saying he was trying to protect her, the Mail & Guardian reports. Leonard Chuene also admitted to rejecting advice from an ASA team doctor to withdraw Semenya from last... More »

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South Africa • hermaphrodite • IAAF • track and field • Caster Semenya • gender test

 S. Africa Team 
 Hid Semenya 
 Gender Tests 

Officials knew about testes, testosterone

Sep 18, 09 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials at Athletics South Africa covered up tests showing that Caster Semenya had internal testes and unusually high testosterone levels, the Mail & Guardian and Times of London report. ASA leaders told Semenya that the tests, conducted early last month, were for drugs and let her compete in Berlin—where... More »

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South Africa • racing • track and field • champion • Caster Semenya

Semenya Ban Would Start World War III: S. Africa

Sports minister steps up defense of racing champ

Sep 11, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa’s sports minister threatened “the third world war” if Caster Semenya is barred from competing in women’s sporting events because of the results of a sex test, the BBC reports. Such a decision “would be totally unfair and totally unjust,” said the official. “... More »

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gender • sports • sex • South Africa • hermaphrodite • IAAF • track and field • Caster Semenya

Semenya Is a Hermaphrodite: Aussie Tab

South African track sensation has no uterus or ovaries: source

Sep 10, 09 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - South African track star Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite, the Daily Telegraph of Australia reports. The 18-year-old has no ovaries or uterus, according to the tabloid, which cites "a source closely involved" in tests ordered by the international track and field governing body after Semenya won the gold medal... More »

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South Africa • athletics • IAAF • track and field • gold medalist • Caster Semenya • gender test

Semenya Is a Girl: S. African Birth Certificate

Track star feels 'humiliated' over
gender controversy

Aug 21, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mother of South African track and field star Caster Semenya has produced a birth certificate showing the runner is female, the BBC reports. "I have no doubt about what I see. It's a girl," said Dorcus Semenya despite calls that Caster take a gender test. Caster fell... More »

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gender • South Africa • racing • track and field • gender confusion • Caster Semenya

(Newser) - Usain Bolt doesn’t even bother running through the tape at full speed. By the end of his sprints—even his mind-boggling, record-breaking 200-meters in Berlin—he’s mugging for the cameras. “Every race he leaves us wondering, ‘How fast could this guy go?’” writes Michael Wilbon... More »

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steroids • track and field • performance-enhancing drugs • Usain Bolt • sprinters

(Newser) - Caster Semenya’s grandmother thinks it’s ridiculous that people are accusing the new women’s 800-meter champion of being a man. “I know she’s a woman—I raised her myself,” she tells the Times of London. Maphuthi Sekgala says Caster has long been teased for... More »

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South Africa • track and field • women's sports • Jay-ZTV • Caster Semenya

(AP) - The US men's and women's teams swept the 1600-meter relays today, ending a string of frustrations for the Americans that included dropped batons in two earlier races. For the women, Sanya Richards anchored her team in a come-from-behind victory over Russia in 3:18.54, the world's fastest time since... More »

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Russia • Team USA • United States • Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athletics • track and field

Olympics

 US Men Sweep 400

Merritt shocks Wariner to take gold

Aug 22, 08 2:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - LaShawn Merritt stunned teammate and rival Jeremy Wariner in the men's 400-meter race today, eclipsing the favorite by nearly a full second to take gold in the US medals sweep. Wariner, the defending champion, turned the final corner to find Merritt far in front of him, reports the Los Angeles ... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • gold medal • Jeremy Wariner • Olympic athletes • LaShawn Merritt

OLYMPICS

 US Relay Teams Drop Batons

Hand-off gaffes disqualify both men and women

Aug 21, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - US track and field was hit by two nearly identical disasters today, when both the men’s and women’s teams flubbed the last handoff of the preliminary 400-meter relay, the Los Angeles Times reports. A wet, slippery night in the Bird’s Nest proved tough for the relay squads,... More »

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race • Team USA • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tyson Gay • track and field • Olympic Games

 Speedy, but
 Disrespectful:
 IOC Chief

IOC chief criticizes sprinter's winning attitude

Aug 21, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Usain Bolt has reached the level of track great Jesse Owens, but the 22-year-old Jamaican needs to show more respect to fellow competitors, says the head of the IOC. Although Jacques Rogge expects more amazing feats from Bolt, whom he calls "another dimension in sprint," he censured the... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • International Olympic Committee • Usain Bolt

OLYMPICS

 Golden Bolt Breaks 200 Record

Jamaican sprinter first since Carl Lewis to win 100 and 200 meters

Aug 20, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(AP) - Usain Bolt of Jamaica raced to a gold medal and a world record of 19.30 seconds today in the 200 meters, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics—and the first to ever break world records... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • Usain Bolt • Michael Johnson • sprinters • Carl Lewis

OLYMPICS

 Britain Bumps 
 Medal Count on Day 11 

3 more golds give 2012 host nation total of 16, best haul since 1908

Aug 19, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Olympic team added a 16th gold medal today, a total not seen since the 1908 Games, Reuters reports. Christine Ohuruogu took first in the women’s 400 meters—the country’s first track victory in Beijing. Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi won the men’s 1,500 meters, giving... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • weight lifting • Christine Ohuruogu • medal • Matthias Steiner

OLYMPICS

 Jamaicans Spell Speed 'D-N-A' 

Sprinters' success a combination of nature and nurture

Aug 19, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jamaicans sprinters are cleaning up in Beijing, thanks to both biology and their backgrounds. Runners of West African descent—including Jamaicans—have more "fast-twitch" muscle fibers, the kind that generate quick bursts of energy, Slate explains. But nature alone didn't propel 100-meter champ Usain Bolt to his record-breaking, chest-thumping... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Shelly-Ann Fraser

 Hurdler
 Drops Out,
 Stunning
 China

Liu had been one of China's favorite storylines

Aug 18, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, whose rock-star status had made him his nation's favorite Olympic storyline, dropped out of his first race today after just two painful steps, the Washington Post reports. Liu had recovered from a hamstring injury since pulling out of a May 31 meet in New York,... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • injury • track and field • Liu Xiang • hurdles • 110-meter hurdles

OLYMPICS

 10 Buzz-Worthy Olympians

Phelps, Bolt, Xiang take sport's center stage

Aug 7, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Competing in 20 Olympic events and going for a record eight gold medals, American swimming phenom Michael Phelps is first off the block in the BBC's list of 10 to watch in Beijing. Here are some of the others:
  • Natalie du Toit: This South African swimmer and Paralympic gold-medalist
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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • track and field • Usain Bolt • Natalie du Toit

7 Russian Athletes Suspended for Doping

Female runners banned from Olympics

Jul 31, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven female athletes from Russia were suspended today for doping violations, a potentially devastating blow to the nation's medal hopes just a week before the Olympics begin, the New York Times reports. Five of the women, all members of Russia's track and field team, were scheduled to compete in the... More »

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Russia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • doping • suspension • IAAF • track and field

USA Track Official Urges Bush: Don't Pardon Jones

Letting the disgraced track start out of prison early is wrong move, he says

Jul 22, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the US track and field program urged President Bush today not to pardon disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, the Daily News reports. Doing so would send a "horrible message" to young fans and to the international community getting ready to watch the Olympics, said Douglas Logan in... More »

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steroids • presidential pardon • track and field • Marion Jones • sports doping

Cramp Fells Tyson Gay in 200m Trials

Injury a jolting
reminder that talent
isn't always enough

Jul 6, 08 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's best-known hopeful for the Olympic track team is still going to Beijing—but won't be defending his world championship title in the 200-meter sprint. In a stunning twist, super runner Tyson Gay suffered a leg cramp that felled him during his key event in the quarterfinals of the Olympic... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • injury • Tyson Gay • track and field • muscle pain • Olympic trials

OPINION

Gay Is Fastest Man, Ever*

*Except that track, unlike any other sport, factors in the weather, columnist writes

Jun 30, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tyson Gay might have used the Olympic trials yesterday to cover 100 meters faster than any human in history, but he is not the world record-holder because track, unlike any other sport, attaches asterisks to records, Jim Caple writes on ESPN.com. Strong tailwinds propelled Gay to victory, but his... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • running • 100 meter dash • Tyson Gay • track and field • wind • Olympic trials

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