HTTP:: Tests Show Caster Semenya Has Triple the Normal Levels of Testosterone
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18-year-old Caster Semenya, who ran with the 800m world champion last week, has three times the normal levels of testosterone in her body, as initial tests have revealed, a source close to the athlete shares for Fox Sports. While this doesn’t necessarily mean she’s a male or has a genetic condition, it might suggest doping to enhance her performance, experts believe. The controversy began shortly after the South African teenager won the title at the World Athletics Championship, as she managed to pull the best time recorded this year in all competitions around the world. Her well-defined musculature, as well as talk of her refusing to wear women’s clothes prompted the International Association of Athletics Federations to ask her to submit herself to gender testing in view of critics saying she had not won the title fairly. Initial tests do, indeed, suggest that something might be amiss, as they have returned three times the testosterone levels recorded in the “nor!
mal female†body, Fox Sports says. “A source close to an investigation being conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations, the sport’s governing body, said the 18-year-old had returned three times the amount of testosterone which might be expected from a ...
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