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You are here: Home / Topical Sports News / 2009 news stories

2009 news stories

The Science of Sport · 30 Dec 2009 ·

Last updated on October 26th, 2013 at 04:46 pm

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

2009 produced some fascinating sports stories. Below are links to our coverage of those top stories of 2009

Caster Semenya – male or female? The big debate of 2009

  • The debate begins: Is Caster Semenya male or female?
  • The complexities of sex determination explained
  • The debate takes a racist turn as politicians enter the fray
  • More detailed explanations of the physiology of male and female
  • Media leaks begin as the rumour mill begins to spin
  • Semenya and hermaphroditism
  • The medical perspective vs performance. Why performance advantage may be irrelevant
  • Leonard Chuene of ASA admits to lying about Semenya – cover ups and lies

Swimsuit drama – records are meaningless

  • Swimming records fall like tenpins at the World Championships – analysis of the record rush
  • Swimming's dilemma - swimmers, swimsuits and sponsors
  • A new perspective on the swimsuit debate

Oscar Pistorius in the news again – the scientific evidence for and against

  • The research that ‘cleared’ Pistorius is finally published – our critical view of its merits
  • Detailed analysis of the Pistorius research – why it was flawed
  • Pistorius has a 10 second advantage over 400m – his own scientist reveals startling facts
  • Viewpoint on Pistorius' case and the CAS verdict - time to review

The Tour de France 2009 – controversy over the limits to performance and power analysis

  • What does it take to climb with the Tour? Power output numbers
  • Analysis of Contador's climb of the Verbier
  • Analysis of the final individual time-trial of the 2009 Tour
  • Does Alberto Contador have a VO2 max of 99.5 ml/kg/min? Discussion and opinion

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