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The double-amputee sprinter known as the "Blade Runner" is steadily stealing Usain Bolt's stage at the world championships....

Usain Bolt was eliminated from the 100-meter final Sunday at the world championships because of a false start. The world-record holder and defending champion jumped the gun...

South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday. The ministry also said in a statement that the International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed to allow the 18-year-old Semenya to keep her prize money.

A South African government minister called on Leonard Chuene to resign after the national athletics chief admitted he knew Caster Semenya had undergone a gender test prior to the world championships.