HTTP:: Caster Semenya Is Both Male and Female
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Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old athlete who became the 800m world champion in August, has been shown to have both male and female organs following gender testing demanded by The International Association of Athletics Federations. The official results of the tests have yet to be made public, but reports coming form inside the IAAF claim that, when they are revealed, they will show that Semenya is a hermaphrodite, the New York Daily News informs. Speculation on the athlete’s gender first started when one of the other women in the competition told the media, at the end of it, that she had been defeated by a man. The theories that were immediately put into circulation were that either Caster was a man who had posed as a woman to win the title (not unheard of in sports), or that she had a genetic condition. The latter turned out to be the case, and experts are now said to be considering urging her to have surgery for the condition that can be extremely dangerous for her heal!
th. “Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ... and a man! The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testosterone levels are more than three times higher than those of a normal female, according to reports. The tests, ordered by The International Association of Athletics Federations af...
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