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IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin

August 15 - 23, 2009

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A lot of lemons
posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:35pm

Ask any athlete, and they will tell you that the most important meet after the Championships is the World Athletic Final. You make it into this meet by competing all year long at the highest tiered meets and earning points based on your finish. By the e...more

Updates on Semenya
posted on September 11, 2009 at 1:54pm

New information on Caster Semenya’s sex testing has been reported by Sports Illustrated, NPR, and the Daily Telegraph. Read the numerous comments made in regards to the question posed in the Daily Telegraph “Should Semenya be stripped of her gold m...more

Troubling news for Semenya
posted on September 11, 2009 at 12:47pm

And troubling news all around really. Unofficially, the "gender tests" Caster Semenya underwent during and after the World Championships indicate that she has internal testes and no ovaries or womb. She has pulled out of a race in South Africa that she ha...more

Caster Semenya femmes it up (for critics)
posted on September 10, 2009 at 9:16am

What was so great about Caster Semenya's response at the World Championships to the controversy over her gender presentation was that she did not change a thing--and she won the gold medal. She was completely unapologetic about not meeting the standards o...more

Video: Tribute to IAAF World Champion Women
posted on August 27, 2009 at 12:30pm

The athletes have left Berlin – some with medals and some with heartache – but all with the sense of pride that comes from representing their countries. World records were broken, personal bests were recorded and fans got to see elite competition be...more

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