Kenia Sinclair [SEP] sex or gender
has broken the barriers of Jamaican female middle distance running. Kenia made the 2008 Olympic 800m final but she mistimed her run and finished 6th with a season's best of 1:58.24.
Trivia.
- Former St Jago High student.
- Kenia is a former Junior College standout at Essex County College in Newark, NJ. She broke many records and also set many while there as a student-athlete. She was a part of the then 4x800 meter record breaking Junior College team. As is the record still
champion, was among the fastest that year, but had been affected by injury and an 11-month career break due to gender verification tests. Moroccan Halima Hachlaf and American champion Alysia Johnson Montano were highly ranked, while reigning Olympic and World silver medallist Janeth Jepkosgei was another prominent competitor.
It took under 1:59 just to make the final. Led by defending champion, Semenya, the three Russians all qualified, along with two Americans, returning silver medalist Jepkosgei (now running under her married name of Busienei) and Kenia Sinclair,