Thomas Bach today admitted he had "a lot of sympathy" for Caster Semenya and revealed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would study the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision which means new eligibility regulations for the female classification for athletes with differences of sex development can now be introduced.
I was sore about losing to Caster Semenya. But this decision against her is wrong
As a female athlete, I thought high testosterone was a problem. Now I realise this is an outdated and indefensible position
The debate in sports over the definition of womanhood is paternalistic – and hypocritical
Ann Peel competed for Canada in the racewalk for more than 15 years, winning medals internationally. She founded Athletes CAN with a group of like-minded athletes, was the vice-chair of Athletics Canada, the first executive director of Right to Play, and created several community sport initiatives over the years.
I want to help local sports industry
Former US Olympian with TT roots –
Williams: "Hard work knows no limits"
Lauryn Williams breathed a new life into the conference room at the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) House on Abercromby Street in Port-of-Spain yesterday as she did on the track in winning a number of Olympic medals.
The Oval Office: Interview with Lauryn Williams
Lauryn Williams’s exploits in athletics are that of legend. A four-time Olympian, three-time Olympic medalist, and World Championship medals too numerous to list, Williams was a mainstay on the podium for over a decade.
Marisol Casado predicts Arab women will take positions of power in sporting world
- Spanish head of the International Triathlon Union is confident women from the Middle East will soon be playing prominent roles in sport around the world.
- Brian Lewis, a member of the IOC’s Gender Equality Review Project, has called for Olympics president Thomas Bach to eventually be replaced by a woman.
Is sport’s future really female?
Four-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel is the star on this edition of Talk ‘Bout Us. She joins Franka to speak about women in sport – the athletes and the journalists.
Women speak out: We can do it too!
Slogans like “The future is female,” and “Women hold up half the sky,” are just some of the words branded across placards and posters, as women across the globe celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8.
Happy International Woman’s Day
Today March 8th is being observed in many countries around the world as International Woman’s Day.
As corporate culture evolves, it’s a woman’s world.
BPTT’s top female executives talk inclusiveness, diversity and overcoming crises of confidence…