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I promise, no more false starts, says Bayanda Walaza after South Africa’s gold rush at World Relays
Bayanda Walaza, a rising star in South African athletics, continues to impress with his gold medal performance at the World Relay Championships in China, contributing to the team's remarkable success.
WATCH: Akani Simbine proves he’s 100m African king over Omanyala with new world lead at Botswana Grand Prix
South African sprinter Akani Simbine demolished the competition with a world-leading 9. 90 seconds in the 100m at the Botswana Grand Prix, outpacing rival Ferdinand Omanyala and establishing himself as Africa's sprint king ahead of the Tokyo World Championships.
World Athletics approves swab test to determine female gender
World Athletics has not fixed a date for the introduction of the test, but it is expected to be in place for the outdoor World Championships in Tokyo this September.
WATCH | Teen sprint prodigy Gout Gout obliterates senior Australian 200m record, faster than Usain Bolt at the same age
Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout ran 20. 04 seconds at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships at his home track in Brisbane, breaking Peter Norman's national record of 20. 06 from the 1968 Olympics.
Caster Semenya slams IOC’s inconsistency in gender controversy at Paris Olympics
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, like Caster Semenya, according to reports are athletes classified as having differences in sex development (DSD).
Olympic cheating gets airborne
Controversy is never far from the Games, and there had already been plenty even ahead of the opening.
McKenzie wants answers from Athletics SA for Luxolo Adams’ Olympic team exclusion
Sports minister Gayton McKenzie says he has written to SASCOC and ASA to get to the bottom of Luxolo Adams’ omission from the Paris Olympic team.
Moodley family runs 90 Comrades in total
“Seeing my dad and uncle running inspired me when I was younger and it continues to inspire our children. They are our heroes. We will continue their legacy. ”
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal case over ban
Lia Thomas was attempting to overturn a WA vote in 2022 that stopped transgender women from competing in women's elite races if they have gone through any stage of the process of male puberty.
In first, World Athletics to pay prize money for Olympic golds
World Athletics announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympics, beginning at this year's Games in Paris.