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Reflections on Caster Semenya’s Return to Competition
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 31, 2010 at 6:44pm

The IAAF has declared that South African runner Caster Semenya can resume competing in international women’s events. After an 11 month wait for this clearance Semenya has competed in three track meets in the past several days. She won two of her 800m r...more

Diamond League Brussels Highlights - Aguilera PR's, Huddle sets American Record
by anngaff
posted August 30, 2010 at 7:14pm

The Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday concluded the inaugural Diamond League competition with a bang.  In the women's steeplechase, Women Talk Sports member and USA Champion Lisa Aguilera set a personal best, bettering her former American Rec...more

IAAF World Challenge: Berlin
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 27, 2010 at 7:12pm

I was ready to redeem myself in Berlin this year, both because of Zurich and last year’s World Championships in the same stadium. This summer has been full of amazing experiences, and I’m so glad that I chose to spend an entire two months of the seas...more

Another good Semenya column
by After Atalanta
posted August 26, 2010 at 12:31am

It bolsters my faith in the media and humanity generally to read pieces like Gregg Doyel's column on the negative responses to Caster Semenya this past weekend. Doyel, writing for CBS Sports starts:Someday soon, Caster Semenya could become the fastest hal...more

Response to the Semenya response
by After Atalanta
posted August 24, 2010 at 8:18pm

So in response to the comments of athletes, notably a female runner from Canada, about the recent performances of Caster Semenya, another Canadian, bike racer Kristen Worley, has made some very insightful comments.Worley is is male to female transsexual w...more

Yanit voted European Female Athlete of the Month for July - European Athletics (EAA)
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 24, 2010 at 2:44pm

European Athletics is pleased to announce that Turkish hurdler Nevin Yanit have been voted as the European Female Athlete of the Month for July.The 24-year-old Yanit went into the history books as Turkey’s first sprint hurdles champion after clocking a ...more

Cologne, Germany
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted August 24, 2010 at 1:27pm

This is my second summer living in Germany. For the few years before that I had always been based in Italy, which is lovely for my eating habits but maybe not so much for my six-pack. There is only so long an athlete can sustain themselves on pizza and ...more

Testosterone levels: New racing categories?
by After Atalanta
posted August 23, 2010 at 4:25pm

Dear track and field athletes: Hope you like needles, because we're going to test your testosterone levels before every competition and enter you into the appropriate category the day of your race. Sure this will cost us millions and millions of dollars b...more

Learning...the hard way.
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted August 23, 2010 at 2:47pm

What’s this?! Another blog about an unimpressive meet? Yea, I’m sure you want to read it only slightly more than I feel like writing it. There is only so much to say about a topic that seems to be a reoccurring theme and I’m not a fan of broken rec...more

Diamond League: Zurich 2010
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 21, 2010 at 6:28pm

I did my best to approach the Diamond League Final as I have all of the other Diamond League meets this year; with confidence in my technique and focused on what I could do to succeed in the competition. Somewhere along the way in preparing though, I sta...more

The Eternal Debate: Strength and/or Technique
by Loree: A Skirt, A Hammer, A Life, and A Dream
posted August 19, 2010 at 12:17pm

I know this is a very complicated debate, but I’d like to take a reasonable approach that might open up some understanding and dialog about training. There is so much in the conversation that I would like to add that I will split this up into a few ...more

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