The times spurred World Athletics to conduct "medical assessments" on the two at their current training camp in Italy, the Namibian Olympic committee said. Masilingi's 49.53 seconds at a low-level meet in Zambia in April stands as the third fastest time of 2021. It was also the fastest time in the world this year ahead of all the event's big names. Mboma ran a blistering 48.54 seconds to win a 400 race in Poland on Wednesday, which was an under-20 world record and the seventh-fastest time ever recorded for a woman in the 400. World Athletics' testosterone rules only apply to events between 400 meters and one mile.īefore this year, both teenagers were relative unknowns. They will now "focus their full attention" on the 200 meters, Namibia's athletics federation said. The Namibian Olympic committee said Friday that the two runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, had been withdrawn from the 400.
That makes them ineligible under the same contentious rules that have sidelined South Africa's Caster Semenya. Olympic Sports, Summer Olympics, Track and FieldĬAPE TOWN, South Africa - Two 18-year-old female runners from Namibia won't be allowed to run in the 400 meters at the Tokyo Olympics after medical tests showed they have high natural testosterone levels. Namibia female runners banned from Olympic 400 meters over high testosterone levels
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