Stripped Down And Stepping Back Out
Lori BraunMarion Jones was stripped of five medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics due to using steroids, an accusation she fought for a long time. Once she stopped the fight she…
Sprinter Carmelita Jeter
"Carmelita Jeter was the world’s fastest woman in the 100 early and late in the 2009 season. After a strong spring, Jeter won her first U.S. championship in June (10.78…
The Wait is Over for Caster Semenya
Caster Semenya, 19-years-old, has finally been cleared to compete as a woman after an investigation by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Caster has not been in a race…
Marion Jones Refocused And Back In The Game
Marion Jones, the epic Olympic sprinter, who was striped of her gold medal for doping charges has found a new home. She is playing in the WNBA for the Tulsa…
One Record Just Isn't Enough
Deena Kastor, 37-years-old, has been running for 26-years. She has already won the London Marathon once (in 2006) when she set the American record and became the second fastest women…
Naseem Hamid: South Asia's Fastest Women
Naseem Hamid, 22-years-old, is South Asia's fastest women, a title earned after winning the women's 100-meter race in the regional games in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Naseem is Pakistan's first female athlete…
Caster Semenya: Male Sex Organs
According to the Australian press, South African runner and 800m Women's World Champion Caster Semenya does have male sex organs.
Semenya = High Testosterone
The drama surrounding 800m 2009 World Champion Caster Semenya continues, with preliminary medical tests showing the 18-year-old South African to have three times the normal female level of testosterone in…
Gender Drama on the Track
So - are her looks so masculine as to warrant this attention?
Jamaica Dominates Again…
At the World Championships being held this week Jamaican sprinters continued their dominance on the track. Super sprinter Usain Bolt broke his own world record, and on the female side…