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Is The Semenya Case Old Wine in an African Bottle?! « By thefreeslave Is The Semenya Case Old Wine in an African Bottle?! August 29, 2009 by thefreeslave. The 10 Most Shocking Olympic Gender Scandals. Edit Stats Delete. 1. Dora Ratjen. For the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Adolf Hitler wanted to show the ... - http://afrospear.wordpress.com/ Bits & Pieces » Semenya gender controversy By Jonco Mokgadi Caster Semenya (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and world champion.[1][2] She won gold in the 800 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 1:55.45 in the final. ... Bits & Pieces - http://bitsandpieces.us/ caster semenya pictures download caster semenya pictures download: Fortunately, after the clean-up campaign against vulgar, this line is not the same as the door was covered Yan Zhao picture. However, there are some User first time to download a picture. 2009 US NEWS - http://www.2009-us-news.biz/ Hard-hitting gender story abo...

The case of South African athlete Caster Semenya has sparked worldwide interest following reports that she will be tested by sporting officials to determine whether she is male or female. Semenya celebrates her gold, which came just hours after the IAAF called for a gender test on the athlete. The 18-year-old won gold in the 800 meters race Wednesday but she may be forced to return the medal if she fails a gender-verification test imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). According to media reports, the IAAF are testing to see whether Semenya has a rare genetic disorder that means she has female genitalia but male chromosomes. This condition, known as intersex, is commonly referred to as hermaphroditism. (Some support groups say that the term "hermaphroditism" can be inaccurate and offensive, as it implies that someone is both fully male and fully female, which is a physiologic impossibility.) According to the Intersex Society of North America ...

While it may be cruel to so publicly question Caster Semenya 's gender, it's not a ridiculous question. But just keep in mind you're being racist. What? That's the assertion made by Sello Rabothata, deputy sports editor at South Africa's Sowetan, in an op-ed in yesterday's Guardian . Honestly, we'd nominate this for Worst American Sports Writing, if it were American. He starts it off with a doozy: This is just pure unadulterated jealousy and it's being done because she is black and African! I'm not sure exclamation points in your lede make for a convincing argument, but whatever. Rabothata goes on to argue that this is a common accusation hurled at South African athletes, bringing up the case of a soccer player accused by her Ghanaian opponents of being a man. Not sure if you can make the case that that one was due to their jealously at her being "black and African." She is best described as a tomboy. She likes, among other things, wrestlin...

The Gender Persecution Of Caster Semenya By gaylife Some reacted to Semenya's victory as expected: singing, dancing, and horn-blowing from fellow South-Africans as she arrived in Johannesburg following the race. Others met her with disbelief and disgust. "Just look at her," Russian ... About Gay Life - http://gaylife.about.com/b/ Pam's House Blend:: Thursday Evening This & That: Open Thread By Autumn Sandeen "Christian" athletic group 4 WINDS's Statement on Woman's 800 Meters Gold Medalist Caster Semenya's Sex Investigation: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former President Nelson Mandela, said that people do not have the right to ... Pam's House Blend - Front Page - http://www.pamshouseblend.com/ Crowds Greet Gold Girl - modernghana.com/sports news AFP news agency quoted her uncle, Ben Semenya, as saying: "Caster is a girl... I am not worried about that too much. Caster is like my child. I know where she comes from. For ...

Jamaica's Usain Bolt followed last week's record-breaking exploits at the World Championships with another blisteringly fast 100m in Zurich. The world and Olympic champion, who set a world best of 9.58 seconds in Berlin, came from behind to beat compatriot Asafa Powell in a time of 9.81. Powell finished in 9.88, followed by Americans Darvis Patton (9.95) and Michael Rodgers in 9.98. Sanya Richards won the 400m to retain hope of the $1m Golden League jackpot. The American won in 48.94 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year, with Britain's Christine Ohuruogu down in fourth place in 50.41, and Nicola Sanders sixth in 51.02. I would say this was a shaky race Usain Bolt Richards needs to win the 400m in the last Golden League meet in Brussels next week to be one of the jackpot winners - the prize goes to the athlete or athletes who win their event in all six of the Golden League meets. "I stayed in my race and waited until the top when I knew I'd be strong,...

is the South African track and field star who recently was engulfed in controversy at the recently concluded World Track and Field Championships. Turns out, there are some who are questioning her gender, and subsequently, tests are being conducted to see if she is really a woman. It’s not as cut and dry as it appears. Consider the possibility of androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), where, according to this piece in TIME.com, is “a condition in which a genetic male is resistant to androgens, the male sex hormones that include testosterone. In such cases, the testes never descend from the abdomen and the genitalia may resemble female genitalia.” With one’s body insensitive to testosterone, more is subsequently produced. But there is little data as to whether this increased level of testosterone confers an athletic advantage. In fact, if Miss Semenya really had AIS, it’s likely that she, along with her doctors and family, isn’t even aware of it. According to Rob Ritchie, a urological s...

World champion athlete Caster Semenya enjoyed a hero’s welcome on her return home to South Africa, but speculation surrounding her gender rumbles on with the revelation that earlier testing showed she has higher-than-average testosterone levels.

Hundreds of fans turned out to show their support for South Africa's 800 metre world champion, Caster Semenya. The athlete returned from the World Athletics Championships in Berlin with a gold medal, but questions still remain about her biological gender.

This a story of misfortune turning to fortune. Caster Semenya would just have been another medallist at the just concluded 12th IAAF World Championship in Berlin, Germany, but for the gender row. Thanks to the row, Semanya is not only etched in our memory forever; her road to fortune begins when she arrives South Africa this week from Berlin. Heroine’s welcome South African people and government are planning a heroine’s welcome when she comes home this week. Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has said of the 800-metre gold medallist whose boyish looks led to the test following her impressive performance at the world championships in Berlin: “Caster deserves our support as a nation against the onslaught being waged against her,” Dlamini Zuma said in a statement. “To us Caster is simply the best 800-metre woman World Champion and must be given a heroine’s welcome upon [her] return to South Africa Tuesday,” the minister said. The gender-testing debate has sparked outrage in th...

New twist in Semenya gender saga Tests have revealed Caster Semenya's testosterone level to be three times higher than those normally expected in a female sample, BBC Sport understands.Analysis prior to the World Athletics Championships and the 18-year-old's big improvement prompted calls for a gender test from the sport's governing body.It was made public only hours before the South African, who has been backed by her nation, won the 800m in Berlin. A high level of the hormone does not always equate to a failed drugs test.But the news will only increase speculation surrounding Semenya, who arrived back in South Africa to a rapturous welcome on Tuesday.Semenya was welcomed by hundreds of well-wishers on her return to South AfricaHundreds turned out in Johannesburg to greet the teenager, who has stunned the athletics world with her performances this season.She ran a time of one minute, 56.72 seconds in Bambous in July to smash her previous personal best by more than seven se...

Caster Semenya is home with the gold medal for 800ms. from Berlin 2009

South Africa's teenage 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya gestures to her fans at the O.R Tambo international airport in Johannesburg .

South Africa's teenage 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya gestures to her fans at the O.R Tambo international airport in Johannesburg Read more:

Caster Semenya arrives home in South Africa to a heroine's welcome amid claims she has three times the normal level of testosterone Over 1,000 fans sang and danced in support of Caster Semenya, the controversial runner who is undergoing gender testing, on her triumphant return to South Africa. Semenya arrived with other members of the South African team after her 800-metre win at the world championships in Berlin. Fans organised by women's rights and political groups, school sports teams and delighted individuals ringed the balcony overlooking the arrivals hall blowing plastic horns known as vuvuzelas and dancing in celebration. Read more:

Caster Semenya arrives home in South Africa to a heroine's welcome amid claims she has three times the normal level of testosteroneRead more: Over 1,000 fans sang and danced in support of Caster Semenya, the controversial runner who is undergoing gender testing, on her triumphant return to South Africa. Semenya arrived with other members of the South African team after her 800-metre win at the world championships in Berlin. Fans organised by women's rights and political groups, school sports teams and delighted individuals ringed the balcony overlooking the arrivals hall blowing plastic horns known as vuvuzelas and dancing in celebration. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1208887/Caster-Semenya-arrives-home-South-Africa-heroines-welcome-fans-descend-airport.html#ixzz0PNaIqDPG

World women's 800m sprint champion Caster Semenya has returned high levels of testosterone in preliminary medical tests, according to UK paper The Daily Telegraph. The paper reports these elevated results were derived from tests carried out before the start of the IAAF world championships held in Berlin. The early data provided impetus to the IAAF's decision to have Semenya's gender verified. Official medical tests results on the runner are not expected for several weeks. The IAAF has expressed it's regret that the row has become public knowledge as it should have remained a confidential matter until the test results were returned. "It should not even have become an issue if the confidentiality had been respected. There was a leak of confidentiality at some point and this led to some insensitive reactions," said an IAAF spokesman. Meanwhile, Semenya returned home to South Africa which has embraced the embattled runner. The country's parliament plans to fil...

Caster Semenya became the new darling of South African athletics when she won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin in an impressive style on August 19. Semenya followed the same tactics as in the semi-finals and held off any challenges her opponents could muster to stride to an easy victory in 1:55,45 defeating Kenya’s Janeth Kepkosgei Busienei (1:57,90) and Britain’s Jennifer Meadows (1:54,93). Semenya’s time is a world leading performance for 2009 and also bettered her own South African record. She went to the front from the start and kept her position with Kepkosgei when they passed the 400m mark in 56, 83 seconds. Immediately after the bell, she went ahead and gradually opened a gap. She entered the final straight well ahead and from then on it was clear that no one will keep her from the gold medal. Semenya’s talents were first observed in 2007 when she clocked 2:09,35 and finished second at the National Schools Championships in P...

JOHANNESBURG, TUESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2009: South Africa finished 9th at the World Championships with two golds and one silver. This was South Africa’s best position considering that in the last two editions of the Championships they failed to bring back any silverware.

Story Highlights 800 meters world champion Caster Semenya receives a rousing home-coming Semenya returns to South Africa after claiming gold medal in Berlin last week The Teenager made global headlines after doubts were raised over her gender ters world champion Caster Semenya received a rousing welcome after touching down in Johannesburg with her South African team-mates on Tuesday. New 800 me Semenya shows off her gold medal after returning to South Africa as the world 800m champion. more photos » The 18-year-old, who made global headlines last week after doubts were raised over her gender at the World Championships, was accompanied by the country's two other medallists from Berlin -- men's 800m champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and long-jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena. Thousands of supporters crammed the OR Tambo International Airport -- waving placards, singing, dancing and simply hoping to catch a glimpse of the teenage heroine. Crowds throng as Semenya returns home A deleg...

Tests have revealed Caster Semenya's testosterone level to be three times higher than those normally expected in a female sample, BBC Sport understands. Analysis prior to the World Athletics Championships and the 18-year-old's big improvement prompted calls for a gender test from the sport's governing body. It was made public only hours before the South African, who has been backed by her nation, won the 800m in Berlin. A high level of the hormone does not always equate to a failed a drugs test. But the news will only increase speculation surrounding Semenya, who arrived back in South Africa to a rapturous welcome on Tuesday. Semenya was welcomed by hundreds of well-wishers on her return to South Africa Hundreds turned out in Johannesburg to greet the teenager, who has stunned the athletics world with her performances this season. She ran a time of one minute, 56.72 seconds in Bambous in July to smash her previous personal best by more than seven seconds. She also broke Zol...

Nationality: Jamaican Date of birth:21 August 1986 (1986-08-21) (age 23) [1] Place of birth: Trelawny , Jamaica [2] Height:1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) [3] Weight:86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st Competitor for Jamaica Men's athletics Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 100 m Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m Gold 2008 Beijing 4 × 100 m relay World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin 100 m Gold 2009 Berlin 200 m Gold 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay Silver 2007 Osaka 200 m Silver 2007 Osaka 4 × 100 m relay World Junior Championships Gold 2002 Kingston 200 mSilver 2002 Kingston 4 × 100 m relaySilver 2002 Kingston 4 × 400 m relay World Youth Championships Gold 2003 Sherbrooke 200 m

South Africa's new 800m world champion Caster Semenya has been 'humiliated' for being asked to take a gender test, the country's athletics body has said. BBC News website readers for South Africa and other African countries have been sending in their reaction to the news. SOUTH AFRICAN REACTION It think whoever is in charge should be reasonable enough to understand that people are born with different characteristics. Doesn't the world knows that there are people born with a lot of abnormalities in their nature? They are only concerned over her manish looks because of her outstanding performance. Munyaradzi, Thohoyandou What the IAAF did is disgusting to say the least. Is it because she is black or African? It is unfair to her and the whole country. We, as a country, are proud of her.Phanuel Chauke, Johannesburg This is absolutely disgraceful! The treatment Caster Semenya has received just reeks of jealousy and racism. However, it doesn't surprise me how an outst...