Maximila Imali Explained

Maximila Imali
Nationality:	Kenyan
Sport:	Sprinting
Event:	400 metres
Birth Date:	8 February 1996

Maximila Imali (born 8 February 1996) is a Kenyan sprinter.^[1] She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.^[2] In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.^[3] Imali is among the athletes to shift from competing in the 400m and 800m to the 100m and 200m due to World Athletics' regulations on testosterone levels for athletes with XY disorders of sex development in women's competition.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maximila Imali . IAAF . 6 August 2017.
2. Web site: 400 Metres women . IAAF . 6 August 2017.
3. Web site: Athletics Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095631/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf. 4 August 2020. 4 August 2020. 2019 African Games.
4. News: Nyayieka . Ivy . Macfarlane . Christina . Shelley . Jo . July 2021 . Running as equals: The elite athletes fighting for acceptance . CNN . 19 July 2022.