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Title: DiManno: Semenya’s long ordeal over as IAAF clears South African to compete
Post by: Butterfly on July 10, 2010, 05:39:39 PM
Post by: Butterfly on July 10, 2010, 05:39:39 PM
DiManno: Semenya's long ordeal over as IAAF clears South African to compete
By Rosie DiManno
08 July, 2010
http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dimanno-semenyas-long-ordeal-over-as.html (http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dimanno-semenyas-long-ordeal-over-as.html)
Her voice is deep, in the lowest alto range for a female. Her breasts are non-existent, hips boyishly slim.
Throughout her life, when she looked in the mirror, Caster Semenya saw a girl. She apparently never doubted her gender. Certainly her parents believed they'd raised a daughter — one who, as it turned out, could run like the wind.
The International Association of Athletics Federations was not so sure.
By Rosie DiManno
08 July, 2010
http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dimanno-semenyas-long-ordeal-over-as.html (http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2010/07/dimanno-semenyas-long-ordeal-over-as.html)
Her voice is deep, in the lowest alto range for a female. Her breasts are non-existent, hips boyishly slim.
Throughout her life, when she looked in the mirror, Caster Semenya saw a girl. She apparently never doubted her gender. Certainly her parents believed they'd raised a daughter — one who, as it turned out, could run like the wind.
The International Association of Athletics Federations was not so sure.