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What if Semenya were a Jamaican?

Started by Natasha, September 06, 2009, 08:56:29 AM

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What if Semenya were a Jamaican?

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090906/focus/focus4.html
Peta-Ann Baker
9/6/09

Would Jamaica have added an eighth gold medal to its haul at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships if Caster Semenya had been a Jamaican? Semenya's victory in the Women's 800 metres was called into question because the athletic authorities had requested (demanded?) that she undergo testing to determine her sex.

For many people, the conclusions that they had drawn based on her physical appearance were confirmed by news reports that her body is producing three times the amount of testosterone as the average woman. Semenya is a man!
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