South African Runner Found ‘Innocent’

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South African Runner Found ‘Innocent’

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Semenya was found “innocent of any wrong.” Her gender tests will be treated as confidential.

It has been announced that Caster Semenya, the impressive 18-year-old South African runner, will retain her world title in the 800-meter race despite a public investigation/smear campaign against the athlete regarding the authenticity of her female gender. —JCL

The Guardian:

The International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed that the South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title, the country’s sports ministry said today.

The 18-year-old Semenya, who stormed to victory in August’s world championships in Berlin, underwent gender verification tests this summer in South Africa and Germany and a panel of experts has been studying the results for the IAAF.

South Africa’s government, Semenya’s lawyers and the IAAF had reached total agreement that she will retain her gold medal, title and prize money because she has been found “innocent of any wrong”, the ministry said in a statement.

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By Hulk2008, November 20, 2009 at 8:58 am Link to this comment

Does this mean swapping “abortion on demand” to “conception on demand” to prove one’s gender?

Maybe sports should all be co-ed ?

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By Blackspeare, November 19, 2009 at 2:01 pm Link to this comment

This is hermaphrodism at its very finest.

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By rodney, November 19, 2009 at 12:31 pm Link to this comment
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If you have both male and female organs how do you define yourself? I guess it boils down to if you could conceive a child or produce sperm. If your body does neither then it comes down too if you have more male or female hormones. It.s a complicated issue but one that should be decided as to not create a unfair advantage of disadvantage.

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