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Title: Report: Indian Runner Fails Gender Test
Post by: LostInTime on December 18, 2006, 07:17:55 AM
Post by: LostInTime on December 18, 2006, 07:17:55 AM
story link here (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/18/D8M321981.html)
An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women's 800 meters in the Asian Games this month has failed a gender test and is expected to be stripped of the medal, according to reports Monday.
Santhi Soudarajan took the gender test in Doha, Qatar, after the victory.
The test reports sent to the Indian Olympic Association on Sunday said Soudarajan "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman," The Times of India reported.
An Indian runner who won a silver medal in the women's 800 meters in the Asian Games this month has failed a gender test and is expected to be stripped of the medal, according to reports Monday.
Santhi Soudarajan took the gender test in Doha, Qatar, after the victory.
The test reports sent to the Indian Olympic Association on Sunday said Soudarajan "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman," The Times of India reported.
Title: Re: Report: Indian Runner Fails Gender Test
Post by: umop ap!sdn on December 18, 2006, 10:30:55 AM
Post by: umop ap!sdn on December 18, 2006, 10:30:55 AM
Obviously, their calling it a "gender" test is a misnomer. ::)