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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Olympics-Athletics-Namibian sprinters resurrect ‘paradox’ of DSD rules

Olympics-Athletics-Namibian sprinters resurrect ‘paradox’ of DSD rules

SPORT
MITCH PHILLIPS THE presence of Namibian teenagers Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma in the Olympic women's 200 metres final weeks after they were banned from the 400m due to excess levels of testosterone has reopened the debate about DSD athletes. The two 18-year-olds are the latest to fall foul of the rules regarding female athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) after more than a decade of the sport's authorities wrestling with the issue. A DSD or intersex athlete is broadly described as one who has XY sex chromosomes, has a blood testosterone level in the male range and has…
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Jul
08
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Rules for intersex athletes similar to apartheid’

‘Rules for intersex athletes similar to apartheid’

NEWS
WORLD Athletics is discriminating against women with intersex variations by requiring them to reduce high testosterone levels to participate in the female category and the rules are similar to apartheid, a Cameroon minister-counsellor has said. Come Damien Georges Awoumou, minister-counsellor at the Cameroon mission to the United Nations made the comments on behalf of the African group of countries at a special debate on sports and human rights held at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Namibian athletes Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi were withdrawn last week from the 400m event at the Olympic Games after tests revealed their…
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Jul
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Namibia contenders withdrawn from Olympic 400m race

Namibia contenders withdrawn from Olympic 400m race

SPORT
NAMIBIA athletes Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been withdrawn from the 400m event at the Olympic Games after tests revealed their testosterone levels were too high, the Namibia National Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Association has announced. Both Mboma and Masilingi failed to meet the World Athletics eligibility regulations for female classification that apply to running events from 400m to the mile. The Namibian teenagers have been in blistering form at various race meetings in Europe, and were considered among the medal contenders, but tests conducted at their training camp in Italy led to the withdrawal. "The results from…
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