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'I am a woman and I am fast': Olympic runner fighting testosterone rule in court
kcci8 ^ | June 19, 2018 | Tony Jimenez

Posted on 06/19/2018 5:02:58 PM PDT by bgill

Caster Semenya, the world and Olympic 800 meters champion, is fighting "unfair" regulations that hinder certain female athletes. The International Association of Athletics Federations brought in controversial new rules in April that mean some women with high natural testosterone levels could be excluded from middle-distance races. Semenya, a two-time Olympic and three-time world champion, is the highest-profile athlete expected to be impacted by the rules that divide medical opinion. The South African's lawyers, Norton Rose Fulbright, which has offices in London, issued a statement on Monday saying the athlete would "file the legal challenge to ensure, safeguard and protect the rights of all women on the basis the regulations are irrational, unjustifiable, and in violation of the IAAF Constitution (based in Monaco), the Olympic Charter, the laws of Monaco, the laws of jurisdiction in which international competitions are held, and of universally recognized human rights.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: castersemenya; steroids; testosterone
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To: Crucial
That’s a man.

If there's any doubt, it vanishes when you see he/she/it run. A man's stride, not a woman's. The hips are very masculine.

41 posted on 06/19/2018 7:26:23 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: bgill

Andy Kaufman was a true visionary.

42 posted on 06/19/2018 7:27:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: cherry

I consider that cheating and unfair. I don’t know, maybe some real hermaphrodites will not be able to take part in athletic competitions and I feel for them. Sometimes things don’t work out, though.


43 posted on 06/19/2018 7:43:35 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Pearls Before Swine

There a definite bulge below the waist. He’s got it taped up or wrapped up, but it’s still there.


44 posted on 06/19/2018 8:36:24 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: bgill

If the Olympic committee had any guts they’d institute a chromosome test.


45 posted on 06/19/2018 8:38:15 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Haha...I have been watching Sanford and son lately too. So great and simple.


46 posted on 06/19/2018 8:43:57 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: GnuThere

Agreed.


47 posted on 06/19/2018 8:58:07 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: BBell

Is that named after the Moocher ?


48 posted on 06/19/2018 8:58:24 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Yaelle

>> What do we do?

Dispense with the Olympics.


49 posted on 06/19/2018 9:21:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Phillyred

I remember when I used to be an infrequent watcher of Sanford and Son, many years ago, perhaps when it was really on TV as a first run....I didn’t like Aunt Ester much. And of course on FR she is often “Meme-ed” and it is funny.

Well now I love the way she carries her Bible and speaks Scripture. Perhaps not in the most “loving” way...LOL...to Fred at times,,,but still, she quotes accurately and uses verses that apply to the story line!

She had me rolling on the floor laughing out loud one day last week. Funny.

And Redd Foxx is (was) wonderful. Demond as well. I am a New Old Fan now. Or something like that.

I have to watch it at night. Need that humor!


50 posted on 06/20/2018 5:05:07 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Yes! Need a break from politics. Used to be sports for that. Waiting for them to ruin Sanford and son somehow.


51 posted on 06/20/2018 5:20:53 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: Phillyred

Oh boy, I hope the Nazi PC Police don’t watch Sanford and Son. They’ll find something and ban that too. I think Sanford and Son is so far off the radar of the PC Police, they are totally unaware. I suppose it is totally safe due to the racial make up of the cast. The other day when I watched it Fred was making jokes about white folks. Being a regular old fashioned real American,,,I was not offended...I laughed with him. The way “we” all used to be able to do.

Hey, The Trump Show is on tonight at 6:30 central time, a rally about something. I don’t care if he talks about the weather,,,,I will watch!


52 posted on 06/20/2018 5:54:47 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty ( Trump is The Storm)
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