Runner stories:
South African amputee runner Oscar Pistorius charged with assaulting 19-year-old woman
Sep 14th, 2009 - dailypress
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Famed amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has been charged with assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a party he hosted. Local media are reporting that Pistorius was arrested Saturday night after he tried to intervene in a lover's tiff.
Semenya pulls out of race amid gender speculation
Sep 11th, 2009 - USA Today
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Caster Semenya has withdrawn from a weekend race amid speculation about the South African runner's gender. The South African Press Association quotes her coach...
IAAF to release Semenya's test results in November
Sep 11th, 2009 - Boston
MONACO—The IAAF said Friday it has received the results of gender tests on South African runner Caster Semenya but is still reviewing them and will not issue any final decision until November.
South Africa rallies behind runner in...
Aug 21st, 2009 - USA Today
JOHANNESBURG South Africans will rally and protest in support of Caster Semenya -- celebrating her 800-meter win at the world championships, and denouncing doubts about whether she's a woman.
Runner's father, grandmother dismiss gender uproar
Aug 20th, 2009 - SI
BERLIN (AP) -- The South African teenager caught up in the gender-test flap bowed her head to receive the gold medal for winning the 800-meter win at the world championships on Thursday...



