It’s been a while since I did a four-bullet Friday – too much travel, too many court cases and meetings! But here goes, four quick-fire thoughts to usher in the weekend! [ribbon toplink=true]1. World X-Country Championships and the IAAF’s uneasy relationship with distance events[/ribbon] Something I missed over the course of my frantic last few […]
Archives for March 2019
On Transgender athletes and performance advantages
Ok, here goes. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while, but time and energy have not allowed it. But I’ve just been involved in some lively Twitter discussions, ultimately productive, so I’m going to try to share some thoughts around this issue of transgender females (male-to-female transitioning people) competing in women’s sport. It’s […]
Four bullet Friday: Doping raids, van Niekerk’s comeback and other short thoughts
Quick fire thoughts this Friday morning…! [ribbon toplink=true]1. Doping raid in Austria. Three quick thoughts[/ribbon] If you missed it, there is a potentially big anti-doping story from the Nordic Skiing Championships in Austria, where a collaboration between German and Austrian police resulted in a number of raids, nine arrests and some video footage of an […]