South African Athlete to be "Gender Tested"

[Sergeant Mdot]

LOL PAR.

South Africa to test gender of 800-meter runner

By RYAN LUCAS (AP) – 33 minutes ago

BERLIN — South Africa's track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.

Eighteen-year-old Caster Semenya is a favorite in Wednesday's 800 final at the world championships.

The world track and field federation requested the gender test about three weeks ago, after Semenya burst onto the scene by improving her personal bests in the 800 and 1,500 by huge margins.

IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said the "extremely complex, difficult" test has been started but that the results were not expected for weeks.

Semenya qualified for Wednesday's final with a top time of 1 minute, 58.64 seconds. She posted the world's best time this year of 1:56.72 three weeks ago at the African junior championships in Bambous, Mauritius.

Davies stressed that "it's a medical issue, not an issue of cheating."

The verification requires a physical medical evaluation, and includes reports from a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, an internal medicine specialist and an expert on gender.

"So we're talking about reports that are very long, very time consuming," Davies said.

South Africa team manager Phiwe Mlangeni-Tsholetsane would not confirm or deny that Semenya was having a gender test, but said "there was no cheating on our part."

"We entered Caster as a woman and we want to keep it that way," Mlangeni-Tsholetsane said. "Our conscience is clear in terms of Caster. We have no reservations at all about that."

It was not clear what would happen if Semenya were to medal in Wednesday's final and the test results determine she does not meet the requirements to compete.

"I can't say that if 'X' happens in the future that we will, for example, retroactively strip results. It's legally very complex," Davies said.

"If there's a problem and it turns out that there's been a fraud ... that someone has changed sex, then obviously it would be much easier to strip results," Davies added. "However, if it's a natural thing and the athlete has always thought she's a woman or been a woman, it's not exactly cheating."

He said a decision in such instances is "done on a case by case basis."

"It's something that would have to be considered by the legal experts at that time," Davies said.

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Pretty manly to be honest.

[The Don]

bare tip-toeing round the sentence of "she's probably a man" in the press release lol

no lie if someone photoshopped a kit on that and said

"*insert mid-table team* have signed 18 year old South African winger *fake name*" i'd believe she/he/it was a bloke no questions asked

[6]

She looks like Drogba

[Sergeant Mdot]

She just obliterated everyone in the 800 meters.

[Tommy]

I see.

[Jay05]

If S/He turned up in the mens 800m i wudnt have looked twice

[Mazer Rackham]

how hard is it to test someones gender? should take about 10 seconds nh

[Sergeant Mdot]

how hard is it to test someones gender? should take about 10 seconds nh

Well it aint that simple.

She could be male but with out the male sex organs.

Or a hermaphrodite.

[Tommy]

On the flip side, she lookes like Drogba, or Drogba looks like her?



Hopefully the F.A will follow this up with gender tests for Drogba.

[Brutes]

Boy....lol

[The Enigma]

Thought this the other day when I watched the race. She looks 100% male.

[Seven]

i got a fren who looks just like drogba

[Tommy]

Blatantly a bloke who knew he'd never beat the Jamiacans in the Men's events, so drew for the shears.

Although, if that is a bloke, I want to know what he uses to shave, cos I don't see a beard like those Russian 'girls'.

[Seven]

[Tommy]

More proof she's a bloke.


Wait



...



Yeah...More proof.

[Seven]

lol that aint her, thats ma breggin that looks like drogba

[Matt91]

lol that aint her, thats ma breggin that looks like drogba

He don't look like Drogba.

[Eagle]

He don't look like Drogba.

he looks like a batty with earings in both ears

[Matt91]

he looks like a batty with earings in both ears

[Tommy]

lol that aint her, thats ma breggin that looks like drogba

Really?