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Title: Sex-Determination Testing in Track and Field
Post by: Shana A on August 20, 2009, 02:07:24 PM
Sex-Determination Testing in Track and Field
Posted by Courtney - August 20, 2009, at 10:02AM

http://www.feministing.com/archives/017341.html (http://www.feministing.com/archives/017341.html)

According to the New York Times, Gold medalist Caster Semenya, a track and field phenom from South Africa, is undergoing sex-determination testing to confirm her eligibility to race as a woman. The testing is being conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations, the sport's governing body.

There is plenty of useless speculation and a few f----ed up quotations in the article from other athletes: