Caster 'a victim of image management'
May 15, 2010 10:03 PM | By Ken Borland
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/other/article451577.ece/Caster-a-victim-of-image-managementSports scientist Tim Noakes believes intersex athletes were banned from competition by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to protect the image of the sport and not because of any proven unfair advantage gained by women with the condition.
"As many as eight intersex women may have been expelled from athletics in the past and I gather that they were warned that if they made a fuss, they would be exposed. So it seems it's not about athletic advantage, it's about keeping the Olympics free of unwanted complications. It sends the message that women must do what men say and if the eight athletes had to be sacrificed, so be it, which I find very disturbing," Noakes told the Sunday Times.
