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Are you a parent? Are your kids playing sports? Or are you a person who spends a lot of time in a gym? Here’s something new to worry about. In the following article you will learn that MRSA is a real threat, and it affects a surprising number of athletes: This is a staph infection [...]
As my fellow HowStuffWorks blogger Marshall Brain pointed out in an earlier post, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) has called into question whether South African runner Caster Semenya is indeed a female. Shortly after the 18-year-old won the women’s world 800 meters, the IAAF announced that Semenya will have to undergo gender testing.
In 2006, another female athlete competing at the Asian Games also underwent gender testing and failed — after passing the same exams a year earlier.
By now, Paul Biedermann’s shocking defeat of Michael Phelps at the World Swimming Championships is old news. On Tuesday, the German swimmer edged out Phelps in the men’s 200-meter freestyle and set a world record for the event. Biedermann then followed up that victory by smashing the 400-meter freestyle by nearly a second. But officials and fans aren’t clamoring for Biedermann’s fitness secrets that gave him a leg up on Phelps. Instead, they’re crying foul on his swimsuit.
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