Caster Semenya update

So sad. I feel bad for her. I understand why she can't compete as a female if it turns out she is not "entirely female," but how humiliating to have this play out in the world media. Crazy.

Hey, don't judge a book by its cover!

Not many race results for "her" prior to 2008, though.

ronner wrote:

So sad. I feel bad for her. I understand why she can't compete as a female if it turns out she is not "entirely female," but how humiliating to have this play out in the world media. Crazy.

You don't understand why she can't compete as a female? You have seen "her" right? Mutola was ripped (some might say abnormally so), but she at least had the body structure of a female. Aside from the lack of a bulge in the front of "her" tights, Semenya is a guy - facial structure, shoulders, hips, everything. It's ridiculous.

very grey area. if she was running 1:56 as a male 18 year old, that would still be pretty good. with male come, maybe 1:53-4. Have a hard time seeing the iaaf dq semenya at this point. would be terrible pr.

with male comp 1:53-1:54. that didn't come out right

ronner wrote:

I understand why she can't compete as a female

a miler wrote:

You don't understand why she can't compete as a female?

I don't understand why you're incapable of reading.

Read his post again miler. You even quoted it. He wrote "I understand why she can't compete as a female if it turns out she is not 'entirely female'...."

He DOES understand. Nevertheless, he says it will be humiliating for Samenya if it turns out they want to dq. I agree with that. It's probably humiliating enough having them inquire at all.

Having said all that, as soon as I saw her I grimaced. Everything about her body structure looks male, except for the lack of bulge in the tights.

Thank you "not exactly." Saved me from typing the same thing.

no bulge? that's because she was caster-ated.

rim shot!

Word is that an agent told Clark to get ready. This is going to be interesting.

after watching his/her post-race interview, I can't even imagine it's a female. like, I tried really hard, and I couldn't do it.

Yikes! That would be embarassing. I hope, for her case, its not true. And to be fair, many female 800m runners have muscular builds. Only Janeth Jepkosgei looks feminine.

i feel sorry for the athlete to have to endure this sort of humiliation even if the test turn out negative.This story is now buzzing in Berlin and it must be a nightmare for Semenya whether she is guity or not.IAAF has done a poor job by letting this story leak out.They could have kept it quiet then if the results turn positive then release it.

Couple of things I don't understand:

1) Why wasn't this situation cleared up before the world championships? It's like the IAAF purposely timed this to humiliate Semenya as much as possible.

2) If Semenya is genetically part female, why does she look 100% male? What exactly about her is feminine? She looks more masculine than me, and I am very much intact with all my bits an pieces working just fine.

Why would the IAAF wait until the night before the final to decide whether or not "she" is eligible to compete? Semenya was the world-leader coming in, it's not like she wasn't on anyone's radar screen before this. I guess we should be happy they're addressing this now instead of awarding medals and then (potentially) redistributing them down the road, but it seems like something should have been decided before she even toed the line in qualifying.

I don't think the IAAF worries too much about "she's a man, baby!!"

http://www2.iaaf.org/Multimedia/Photo/AthletesLegends/Women/Jarmila%20Kratochvilova.jpg

Hey, IAAF! The Who called, they want their lead singer back.

Have you ever seen the movie "Sleep Away Camp" from the 80's?

I'm afraid the 800 final might end like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_EoLRpoFg

Funny you should say that. I've often said Jarmila reminded me of Roger Daltrey.

Caster Semenya was a virtual unknown a few weeks ago and didn't do any racing in Europe, as far as I can tell (I might be wrong, but I don't think so). The IAAF is somewhat culpable here, but the main fault goes with South African officials, who were trying, quite literally, to pull a fast one.

Yanqui wrote:

but the main fault goes with South African officials, who were trying, quite literally, to pull a fast one.

Just like they tried to get that white boy with the bionic legs to run the 400 in the Olympics. DARN THOSE SNEAKY SOUTH AFRICANS!