http://cheap-hotel-deals.co.cc - This video copyright belongs to 9-NEWS. Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man! The 18-year-old South African champ has no wo...
http://cheap-hotel-deals.co.cc - This video copyright belongs to 9-NEWS. 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 after Semenya's 800-meter victory in the World Championships, determined she's a hermaphrodite - having both male and female organs. Semenya could be stripped of the gold medal she won in Berlin last month and her competitive future is in limbo, according to Australia's Daily Telegraph. The athletics governing body is also expected to advise her to have surgery to fix the potentially deadly condition, the paper reported. The IAAF would not comment on the results that have yet to be released.
According to a source with knowledge of the IAAF tests, Semenya has internal testes - the male sexual organs that produce testosterone. Testosterone is a hormone responsible for building muscles and for producing body hair and a deep voice. Confirmation of the test results is sure to stoke the controversy that erupted after the university student's sensational track triumph. She has been embraced in her home country - where she was declared "our girl" - and appeared on a magazine cover after a feminine makeover.
"God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself," she told You Magazine, which ran a photo spread. "I don't want to talk about the tests. I'm not even thinking about them."
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I have two X chromosomes and I don't have any female reproductive organs either, does that mean? What does that mean? It's November now and the IAAF was supposed to make a ruling in November if Caster can compete as the woman she is.
he s not even a hermaphodite... he has a malformation he has no womb or ovaries .. he has testicals internaly as a malformation he s a gucking malformed male .. not a hermaphrodite .. and he looks horrible on that mahgazine cover.. as for you africans who say he s a female .. wish to all of you wifes luke semenya :)))
I think they were in a tough spot. They found out after she won the 800m, but had they withdrawn her, her prior victories would immediately come into question and they would be acknowledging something was wrong. Their best bet (moderately immoral) was to hope it would blow over. They were screwed!
I agree to a great extent janpzh, however, should there not also be an extent to which is more to the female side and which is more to th emale side of herms? They have every right to compete, but surely their tests can reveal which gender side of them is more prominent to qualify them. Even in one case such as this one, she has an advantage with testosterone, but guess what, let it be and see which gender is more prominent in her tests and let it be the answer. More female, so let her win.
do you want her to run with men? do you want to create a herm class or what? do you want her to run with one-legged athetes? She hadn't had an accident or something similar. She was born as she is. She's not handicapped. I really not not understand what you want to say.
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HermaphrOlympics for hermaphrodites!
yes, it is discrimination ( for the other women) if a hermaphrodite participe to a woman-competition...
HermaphrOlympics for hermaphrodites!
its not discrimination too for example build car that are too big for dwarfs. same thing but different (very) lol
everything cant be fit for every one
it is NOT fair that a hermaphrodite participe to women competitions..
hermaphrodites is NOT women!
is like a rabbit participe to a turtle-competition... do you understand now???