Report claims 800m world champion Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite

**crippen** · 11-09-2009, 11:23 AM

Report claims 800m world champion Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite
• Report says 18-year-old has male and female sexual organs
• IAAF has sent test results to experts for further analysis
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guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 September 2009 23.36 BST
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An Australian newspaper is reporting that the IAAF tests have revealed Caster Semenya has male and female sexual organs. Photograph: Rainer Jensen/EPA

The results of a controversial gender test on the South African athlete Caster Semenya have been received by international athletics officials but will only be made public after they have been analysed by experts and Semenya has been informed, according to reports.

However, an Australian newspaper has reported that the 18-year-old has male and female sexual organs. The Sydney Morning Herald said extensive examinations of Semenya have shown she is technically a hermaphrodite. Medical reports indicate she has no ovaries, but rather has internal male testes, which are producing large amounts of testosterone.

A spokesman for the International Association of Athletics Federations is reported to have said that its urgent efforts to contact Semenya, the women's 800 metres world champion, were being thwarted by South African athletics authorities. Adding to the confusion, Athletics South Africa (ASA) has denied the claim, insisting that it has not yet heard from the IAAF.

"This is a medical issue and not a doping issue where she was deliberately cheating," IAAF spokesman Nick Davies was quoted as saying by the newspaper. "These tests do not suggest any suspicion of deliberate misconduct but seek to assess the possibility of a potential medical condition which would give Semenya an unfair advantage over her competitors. There is no automatic disqualification of results in a case like this."

The IAAF has said Semenya probably would keep her medal because the case was not related to a doping matter.

Davies says the group has received the results of Semenya's gender tests, but he would not discuss the findings. "We have received the results from Germany, but they now need to be examined by a group of experts and we will not be in a position to speak to the athlete about them for at least a few weeks," he was reported as saying. "After that, depending on the results, we will meet privately with the athlete to discuss further action."

Semenya's victory at last month's world championships in Berlin was overshadowed by speculation over her masculine appearance. The gender test caused fierce protests in South Africa and complaints that it infringed her human rights.

A South African website, Sport24.co.za, reported Davies as saying that the manner in which the ASA was handling the matter could become a huge problem. He was reported to have said the ASA president, Leonard Chuene, had spread so many untruths about the IAAF's conduct that it would be a major embarrassment for him when the facts are revealed. "Chuene may have no other option than resigning as president." The IAAF could not be reached to confirm the reported remarksview-source:Report claims 800m world champion Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite | Sport | The Guardian

**kingwilly** · 11-09-2009, 11:32 AM

poor girl.

**larvidchr** · 11-09-2009, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

poor girl.

Agree :-(

**Mr R Sole** · 11-09-2009, 02:46 PM

She was born a woman....didn't she ever notice that she never had a period??? I would find that strange if I were a woman...

Looks a bit manly to me....

At the same time born a woman legally a woman...the other athletes will just have to run faster..

**daveboy** · 11-09-2009, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

poor girl.

Poor bloke

watterinja · 11-09-2009, 03:09 PM

There's a simple answer really. Lump the slits & the dicks into one pot & let the best combo win. Perhaps introduce a sort of handicapping system & let everyone have fun. Kind of like a golf handicap system.

**Fuzzy Bob** · 11-09-2009, 04:08 PM

Semenya could quite easily go on to star in specialist videos.

**mrben** · 11-09-2009, 04:13 PM

Poor thing.

**crippen** · 11-09-2009, 05:23 PM

Wanted:- A brave person to deliver the letter.She looks a big girl and can she run!

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 08:31 AM

Looks like she might have a big weapon too. Seriously If she's got balls she's a he.
Would make a fortune in Pattaya at one of the specialist bars. Perhaps DD could recommend one.

**crippen** · 13-09-2009, 08:37 AM

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...b_1480486a.gif

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 08:50 AM

Might like to test the William brothers, solly, sisters too!

**blackgang** · 13-09-2009, 09:55 AM

Well there is word it has a nutsack, now Camel toes are one thing, but with a nut in each toe would seem strange to me and I want never to come in contact with that kind of shit.
But does it have a clit? and do it piss thru it?? if so is that natural for them to do that, Lily says that the P hole is different, but she is not really normal either I think.

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by blackgang

Well there is word it has a nutsack, now Camel toes are one thing, but with a nut in each toe would seem strange to me and I want never to come in contact with that kind of shit.
But does it have a clit? and do it piss thru it?? if so is that natural for them to do that, Lily says that the P hole is different, but she is not really normal either I think.

Messy!

**larvidchr** · 13-09-2009, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Might like to test the William brothers, solly, sisters too!

I will sacrifice myself to do a test for free on the one with the big knockers

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Might like to test the William brothers, solly, sisters too!

I will sacrifice myself to do a test for free on the one with the big knockers

That's a three man job. One on the bow, one at the stern and one at the helm.
Health and safety regs require proper maning levels for all ocean going vessels.

**Norton** · 13-09-2009, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by crippen

The IAAF has said Semenya probably would keep her medal because the case was not related to a doping matter.

Hope so. Not her/his fault nature dealt a bad hand.

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 03:26 PM

Or a good one if your a man running against women. Perhaps the place for her, him, it would be the para olympics. I'm disabled too. I'm short sighted, perhaps that would be a place I could win something. Perhaps she could play womens golf. No advantage in being able to hit it 100 yards further than everyone else.
Fact is that if her blood chemistry is not correct then she should not be allowed to compete. It's not fair on all the other runners. Essential they are up against a freak. Lets just scrap the para olympics and let everyone compete together.

**Loy Toy** · 13-09-2009, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by larvidchr

I will sacrifice myself to do a test for free on the one with the big knockers

Don't forget to get a knickers shot and make sure you have your wide angle lens!

**crippen** · 13-09-2009, 03:53 PM

not a word from our on site women libbys

**the dogcatcher** · 13-09-2009, 04:08 PM

That's cos we're taking about a man.

**Norton** · 13-09-2009, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Fact is that if her blood chemistry is not correct then she should not be allowed to compete. It's not fair on all the other runners. Essential they are up against a freak. Lets just scrap the para olympics and let everyone compete together.

Better yet. Too hell with having all these special Olympics, womens events, mens events, womens golf, mens golf etc. Let them all compete together in all events.

May the best human win regardless of blood chemistry.

**the dogcatcher** · 16-09-2009, 07:02 AM

Yeah, keep the women at home with the other kitchen equipment.

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