Explained | Why Christine Mboma’s 200m silver at Tokyo Olympics rankles many
The Hindu
Feat has raised questions about fairness in women’s sport
The story so far: She was stopped from running the quartermile a few weeks before the Olympics but Christine Mboma winning the silver in the 200m in Tokyo, behind Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah, has raised a lot of questions about fairness in women’s sport. The Namibian beat stars such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Gabrielle Thomas and her time, 21.81s, was a new under-20 world record. The 18-year-old and her compatriot Beatrice Masilingi, who was fifth in that race, had run the world’s fastest times in the 400m in April but World Athletics removed their entries from the list of eligible athletes in the event for the Olympics. However, they were allowed to run the 200m.More Related News