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IAAF in a fix as tests prove Semenya is a hermaphrodite | The International Association of Athletics Federations is likely to strip champion runner Caster Semenya of the gold medal she won in Berlin last month, as a test has shown that she is a hermaphrodite - a person with both female
and male sexual characteristics. The tests, not yet publicly released, show the
18-year-old has no womb or ovaries. The IAAF is expected to disqualify the South
African from future events and advise her to have surgery because her condition
carries grave health risks, The Daily Telegraph reports. And she could be stripped
of the gold medal she won in Berlin in last month, as she has three times more
testosterone than a normal female. A source closely involved with the IAAF tests
said Semenya had internal testes -- the male sexual organs, which produce testosterone.
"There certainly is evidence Semenya is a hermaphrodite. But the trouble is the
IAAF now has the whole ANC and the whole of South Africa on their backs. Everything
is going to have to be done absolutely by the book, no question of a challenge
to the findings," the source said. It is believed that Semenya is unaware the
tests has identified her as a hermaphrodite. Only the certainty of a backlash
from South Africa has so far prevented the IAAF from banning Semenya and revoking
her gold medal. South Africa embraced the feisty teenager after the storm of controversy
from Berlin, declaring her "Our girl". African National Congress MP and National
Assembly sports committee chairman Butana Komphela has already lodged a complaint
with the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, accusing the IAAF of
racism and sexism. The IAAF expects to receive the full set of results this week. |
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