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Reports claim South African Runner is Intersex

logointern2 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:48:04 +0000

The Associated Press reports that gender test results for running sensation Caster Semenya are in, but the International Association of Athletics Federation will not release them until(...)

Big welcome for SA runner in gender controversy

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:30:29 +0000

South Africans have rallied behind the 18-year-old, who is not accused of trying to cheat but of perhaps unknowingly having a medical condition that blurs her gender and gives her an unfair advantage over other female runners.

Male or Female? Gender tests are not always easy

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:25:07 +0000

(London) South African runner Caster Semenya has been ordered to undergo a gender verification test, to prove she rightfully won the gold medal in the women’s 800 meters at the world(...)

Runner’s father, grandmother dismiss gender uproar

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:07:42 +0000

(Berlin) A day after winning her first 800-meter world title amid a gender-test controversy, the father of South African teenager Caster Semenya dismissed speculation his daughter is not a(...)