They may have failed to knock the Premier League title race completely out of the headlines, but whether they were pedalling into a 40mph block headwind on the Yorkshire coast, racing around the Hockenheimring, commanding primetime live coverage of their FA Cup final, or – in the shape of Caster Semenya and a woman who broke a marathon record dressed as a nurse – asking questions about gender distinctions, sportswomen had an extraordinary weekend.
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Written by Richard Williams
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/may/06/women-sport-caster-semenya-fa-cup-final-w-series-tour-de-yorkshire under the title “Women fight against prejudice on an extraordinary weekend for sport | Richard Williams”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
