Semenya, right, is literally flying, both feet off the ground, as she crosses the finish line ahead of Jennifer Meadows (L) of Britain during the semi final on Monday night
Posted on 08/19/2009 9:08:51 AM PDT by null and void
Edited on 08/19/2009 10:09:13 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The gold medal favourite in tonight's women's 800m World Athletics Championships race is today facing claims that she is really a man.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, is set to race in tonight's final in Berlin after sailing through a semi-final on Monday in her first major international sporting competition.
But the teenage sensation has sparked controversy over her strikingly muscular physique, and today insiders claimed she would be gender tested following the final in Berlin.
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Doubt: South Africa's Caster Semenya on Monday. She is today facing claims that she is actually a man
South African athletics chiefs furiously denied the claims and stated Semenya was definitely female.
Semenya, right, is literally flying, both feet off the ground, as she crosses the finish line ahead of Jennifer Meadows (L) of Britain during the semi final on Monday night
Meanwhile the teenager's coach told South African media she was aware of the controversy surrounding her.
Michael Seme told South Africa's News24 website: 'We understand that people will ask questions because she looks like a man. It's a natural reaction and it's only human to be curious.
'People probably have the right to ask such questions if they are in doubt.
Don’t tag me as a racist Jimmy the Greek amateur eugenicist, but somebody should really encourage Serena Williams to marry Shaq so they can have a family of athletic freaks.
That's like comparing the Rock of Gibralter to the Jello Mountain of Gibralter.
ping for home
Tip her $5.
...at birth?
This is getting out of hand. They will be telling us soon the Williams sisters are really Brothers.
That can be arranged. Are you back in the sandbox?
Oh, hell yeah...just got back.
I'm still wearing sandals...too hot for socks.
I'm in the city - the desert is paved. ;-)
Let's avoid all the clever midget jokes...Okay. But how about Donkeys and Tijuana Nightclubs?
I think they’re featured in “Gentlemen’s Quarterly” this month.
In the original Olympics, contestants competed nude.
Follow the rules!
Don’t pay her. My brother, a minister, told that one at a family gathering several years ago, much to the distress of my mother.
I can’t imagine how suck it would be to be expected to carry around results of genetic testing to prove my sex to strangers. I think I would get really really really bitter if these rumors weren’t true. She probably hates pink but still wears lots of it hoping to look girly. I’m sure that just makes it worse.
Let us know when it cools off...
Hey Semenya, show us the birth certificate!
Semenya, right, is literally flying, both feet off the ground, as she crosses the finish line ahead of Jennifer Meadows (L) of Britain during the semi final on Monday night
That photo caption is misleading. I see 1, ONE, of the runners with 1, ONE, foot on the ground. Everyone else is literally flying, too, then!
Idiots.
My first thought, too. If the tests prove this athlete is a young woman, how embarrassing for her to have been put through all this scrutiny.
Look for an Adams’ apple too.
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