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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 ...
Earlier this year, Niyonsaba, a world and Olympic 800m silver ... "It is the first time that this cup (Diamond League trophy) has come to Burundi and now a Burundian woman is the fastest in ...
Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba broke the 2,000-meter world record, running 5:21.56 in Zagreb on Tuesday, September 14. The previous record, 5:23.75, was set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in 2017.
Francine Niyonsaba held off the challenge of Ethiopia's Freweyni Hailu on the way the setting the new 2,000m world record Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba set a new 2,000m world record at the ...
Burundi's Fancine Niyonsaba attained the Olympic qualification time for the 5,000m at a meeting in Montreuil France. She ran a time of 14 minutes 54.38, which is also a new national record ...
Since capturing the Olympic 800-meter silver medal for Burundi at the 2016 Games, Niyonsaba had been called a man by some of her rivals, had her medical records leaked to the media, acknowledged ...
Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba capped off her season by breaking the 2,000 metres world record on Tuesday, finishing with a time of 5 minutes and 21.56 seconds at a Continental Tour event in Zagreb.
Olympic silver medalist Francine Niyonsaba criticized her own team officials and said Saturday she felt "so alone" after she was disqualified for lane infringement and denied a place in the 5,000 ...
Related: Two more cis Black women banned from Olympics for their natural testosterone levels Niyonsaba decided to go for the latter, and she made the Olympic team representing Burundi in the both ...
Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba will miss the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon after failing to recover from a stress fracture in time for the competition, where she was set to participate in ...
She will not compete in the Olympic Games held in 2021. Related stories Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba will run the 10,000-meter event at the 2021 Olympics, an event she has raced in twice Silver ...
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 ...