Two great “alternative” sports videos One final post for 2009, to bring the curtain down on a great year. These are my two favourite alternative sports videos of the year, for you to enjoy as the curtain comes down on a great (and controversial) year in sport. It’s easy to be bogged down in the […]
Archives for December 2009
Number 1: Caster Semenya’s saga
Less than a day remains of 2009, and we’ve spent the last week recapping the biggest sports science stories of the year. And it comes as no surprise that the number 1 science of sport story of the year is that of Caster Semenya. There is little more that can be written about Semenya, so […]
2009 news stories
2009 produced some fascinating sports stories. Below are links to our coverage of those top stories of 2009
Number 2: The cleansing of swimming’s record books
Swimming went through a frantic year in 2009. It featured the showpiece of the sport, the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome, but it was dominated by an ongoing pursuit of world records, powered by swimmers wearing high-tech swimsuits that arguably contributed to the biggest rush of records in the history of the sport. And record […]
Semenya not suing – reports. The fog thickens
Two days ago, I interrupted our countdown of the top sports stories of 2009 to comment on a report that Caster Semenya was to sue the IAAF and ASA for $120 million and $18 million respectively. Today, reports in SA are suggesting that the report, which you can read here, is false. In fact, the latest reports quote Jeffrey Kessler, chairman […]
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