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Lead Stories: Friday, December 5, 2008

Doha & Istanbul Will Host World Indoor Champs In 2010 and 2012

Posted November 24th, 2007 at 4:50 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field

On the second day of its meeting in Monaco, the IAAF Council agreed a number of hosts for future events.

There were two candidates for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the second most important competition on the IAAF calendar, Doha, Qatar and Istanbul, Turkey. Following excellent presentations from the two candidates, a question and answer session, Council voted, and the winner was Doha, host of the 2006 Asian Games.

However, due to the excellence of the Istanbul candidature, Council also agreed to award that city the 2012 edition of the same competition.

“These were clearly two top class candidates demonstrating not only excellent facilities and organizational capabilities but outstanding levels of support from public authorities,” said IAAF President Lamine Diack. “I am glad that Council agreed that we should take this opportunity to ensure that the next two editions of the World Indoor Championships would help us in our aims to universalize our sport.”
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Athlete who failed gender test: Man or Hermaphrodite?

Posted December 25th, 2006 at 12:47 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The Final Sprint reported a few days ago that an Indian athlete had failed a “gender” test for not having the “sexual characteristics” of a woman. As a result, the silver medal won by the athlete has been revoked and doctors now say she is going to need surgery.

In addition, medical experts have cleared Santhi Soundarajan, the athlete in question, of “any intentional wrongdoing” - although the reasoning for such absolution is unclear. There is also some debate in the international sports community about whether or not Soundarajan should be allowed to compete as a woman if she is just a hermaphrodite (and not a transsexual).
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Runner fails “gender” test; will likely be stripped of medal

Posted December 21st, 2006 at 8:51 AM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Santhi Soundarajan, the Indian runner who recently won a silver medal for the 800m at the Asian Games, has failed a “gender” test and will likely lose her medal.

The Times of India reported that the Indian Olympic Association was notified that Soudarajan, who took the test in Qatar following the competition, “does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman”.

The so-called “gender” test includes evaluations by a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, and an internal medicine specialist.
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