News Source: The Age
| 2 months ago
South African athlete Caster Semenya, who yesterday withdrew from her planned return to competitive sport following the storm surrounding reports that she is a hermaphrodite. The 18-year-old pulled out of the South African cross-country championships,...
News Source: Russia Today
| 2 months ago
South African 18-year-old Caster Semenya (AFP Photo / Paballo Thekiso) South Africans protect their ‘heroine’ Semenya 12 September, 2009, 13:28 The South African sports minister has reacted angrily over the gender debate surrounding 800-meter...
News Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
| 2 months ago
South African athletics officials met on Saturday to decide how to respond to the latest revelations surrounding the gender of world champion Caster Semenya. The meeting comes after the International Association of Athletics Federations, which...
News Source: Toronto Star
| 2 months ago
South African runner's win frustrates Canadian woman whose grandmother lost Olympic gold medal in 1932 to female with male characteristics Sep 12, 2009 04:30 AM Kenyon Wallace Staff Reporter As controversy swirls over reports that world 800-metre...
News Source: Miami Herald
| 2 months ago
Gender tests not explained to Semenya A South African track coach has resigned, saying Monday that he and other officials failed a world champion runner by not telling her she was being subjected to tests to determine her sex.
News Source: The Boston Globe
| 2 months ago
South African athletics officials are meeting to decide how best to help a world champion runner whose sex has been questioned. The international track and field body is refusing to confirm or deny Australian media reports that tests show Caster...