“[…] Without being required so to do, non-track athletes (discus and hammer throwers and shot putters) also tend to turn in an anticlockwise direction. And it’s not just athletics. Many other sporting events also move from left to right, particularly those involving racing along a circuit. “[…] Physiology has its say. …
Read More »Dear Editor: How can New Zealand’s transgender weight lifter compete but not Semenya?
“[…] New Zealander weight lifter Laurel Hubbard, formerly Gavin, has been granted permission to compete as a female weightlifter. Laurel, formerly Gavin, is transgender who used to compete as a male but has satisfied the following criteria. “[…] The first opposition has come from ‘naturally-occurring females’. Quoting scientific research, they …
Read More »Usain’s last lap—Pt 2: Bolt gets rare rear view on red-letter day
Usain Bolt came on the sprinting scene as a highly talented 15-year-old with an awkward running style. Today, a decade and a half later as he prepares to say farewell to track and field, the Leo St Leo has, under the guiding hand of home-based Jamaican coach Glen Mills, changed …
Read More »Brother Seb, sister Cas and the whys and wherefores of the CAS/IAAF castration—in black and white!
South Africa’s embattled Caster Semenya is black. And she’s a mighty middle-distance runner, having accumulated 30 victories on the trot in the 800m between 2007 and last Friday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, the sports world highest jurisdiction, last week ruled against the two-time Olympic champion. If she wants …
Read More »Drugs, testosterone, invasion of privacy: The UWI’s Sports Law workshop addresses global sport issues
Former Jamaican Olympian Grace Jackson is not against the idea of legalising doping in track and field. Insisting that she is not an advocate for drug usage in the sport, she, nevertheless, floated the idea that the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) might work with the global governing bodies to achieve …
Read More »Where’re our Olympic medals? T&T track stars await silver lining
The London 2012 Olympic Games closed its doors three years with a cultural segue way by a Brazilian delegation, which hinted at the fun and beauty that awaits athletes and sport enthusiasts at the Rio 2016 edition. But, for the Trinidad and Tobago 4×100 metre relay team, the interlude between …
Read More »Diary of a dope: The Sport Ministry’s uncivil war over banned sprinter
Sport Minister Anil Roberts called off his crusade against the National Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA) yesterday in typical fashion; with insults and threats, selective facts and full volume. It was a less than classy retreat after the IAAF made it clear that it neither needed nor wished to have the …
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