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- Burundian runner Francine Niyonsaba, who has an intersex condition, broke a world record on Tuesday. The 28-year-old set a new 2,000m record at a Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, breaking the previous record by more than two seconds. Niyonsaba finished with a time of 5:21.26, surpassing Genzebe Dibaba’s 2017 record.
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Sep 15, 2021 · CNN — Burundian runner Francine Niyonsaba, who has an intersex condition, broke a world record on Tuesday. The 28-year-old set a new 2,000m record at a Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb,...
- Ben Morse
- 10 min
Sep 11, 2020 · In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 800m silver and bronze medal winners were Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba and Kenya's Margaret Wambui, who also have hyperandrogenism. In a statement issued on 8 ...
Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres.
Apr 18, 2019 · Francine Niyonsaba, the runner-up to Caster Semenya, reveals that she, too, will be affected by the IAAF's decision on female athletes and testosterone
Jul 2, 2021 · The rule affected all three medalists in the 800-meter race at the 2016 Olympic games: Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, and Margaret Wambui of Kenya.
- Daniel Villarreal
Nov 7, 2023 · In that race, the three medallists - Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui - were all born with DSD. None were eligible for the delayed Tokyo Olympics in...
Sep 15, 2021 · Burundian runner Francine Niyonsaba, who has an intersex condition, broke a world record. The 28-year-old set a new 2,000m record at a Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, breaking the previous record by more than two seconds.
