She runs 1:59.90

Usually win a girl breaks 2 she is going to win easily

Whats your point?

yup, Semenya runs under 2:00. They can dress her up in a sports bra and earrings, but she still looks like a guy to me. Bigger build than half the male 800 runners.... seems really unfair to the acutal women in the race.

Hmmm, perfectly in line with her modest race goal: under 2...uncanny

Semenya will run as fast as necessary to win races. To blow away the field would only cause outrage and reinforce the unfair advantage a hermaphrodite has over the female competitors. The coaches and agents are downplaying what this athlete is capable of.

Good article in NYT - quotes other females in the race

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/sports/23iht-TRACK.html

their very good point: allowing Semenya to compete is unfair to every other woman on the track. They train for a race they have no chance to win.

So... she's "just running her best"?!?! This makes me sick. She's on her 3rd race after not racing for almost a year... her times are "progressing" in a magic step-up-increase that seem to match precisely her coaches predicted times.

Well... when someone is running a tempo workout, it's usually pretty easy to hit your coaches requested time on the nose or close.

When someone is racing for a PR (even a season PR) they don't often hit coaches predictions on the nose 3x in a row.... esepcially w/ no other races under belt. They miss it my bit, or the exceed it by a bit, but I just think it's near impossible to hit a race-pace-all-out-effort ON THE NOSE 3x in a row w/ no other races in a season.

Thus, in my opinion she's running a tempo workout... she has more speed in her and she and her coach both know it. But as long as she wears earrings and a sports bra style shirt, and doesn't win by too much, it's ok to let her in the field?!?!?!

I agree with the athletes in NYT... not fair at all.

clarification: I'm saying "she" since that's what Semenya is legally racing as, and only because of that.

WTF is up with everyone calling him She??

He is a HE.

Look at this jackass.

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/103538854/AFP

What if Wheating or Webb decided to compete as females??

THEY ARE NOT FEMALES.

This jackass semenya whatever is not a woman and SHOULD NOT be allowed to run in women's races!!!

He is not competing, he is RUNNING in the women's race.

He can't "win" a women's race. HE'S A GUY.

What a joke wrote:

Semenya will run as fast as necessary to win races. To blow away the field would only cause outrage and reinforce the unfair advantage a hermaphrodite has over the female competitors. The coaches and agents are downplaying what this athlete is capable of.

She needs to grow a pair.

-Only enough to win

-Grow hair out

-Don't flex after the win

These must be the IAAF terms of competing.

Last Lap wrote:

-Only enough to win

-Grow hair out

-Don't flex after the win

These must be the IAAF terms of competing.

Look at all the flab and muscle.

The IAAF has classified her as a woman after numerous test - There are a quite a couple of woman competing on the circuit who could be confused for men so why is she treated any different from them..

not a woman wrote:

Look at all the flab and muscle.

http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/103537103.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892102A727B1636DE2E63C8D11B1D1005DA0495C52F35826B8A91D3DD68BDE22198FE30A760B0D811297

Also note in the picture the lack of enthusiasm. No smile. No emotion at all.

What a joke... I agree with you wholeheartedly.

Needs to grow a pair....she has a pair internal and have not dropped.

True theses past three races have been effortless tempo runs hitting her goal on point perfectly.

This just infuriates me that WOMEN have to race this "in between sex" person with obvious advantages of male hormones during the 20 yrs of his development. Very bad KARMA for South African Athletics, IAAF, and Caster.

I DO Believe that Semanya, now fully aware, is just as crooked, and slimy as the coaches, federation, and IAAF for running against women and acting like the races are fair.

Not Good Karma, Bad JUJU will ensue this cheaterator.

eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww wrote:Also note in the picture the lack of enthusiasm. No smile. No emotion at all.

Maybe her and Tyson Gay can start a "No smiling" club

How long does she want to continue to run as fast as she has to? With the progression from 2009 to 2010 I believe the WR WOULD be within sight. But if she breaks it, they will take her out.

Last Lap wrote:

-Only enough to win

-Grow hair out

-Don't flex after the win

These must be the IAAF terms of competing.

and to shave her arm pits

knofosho wrote:

This just infuriates me that WOMEN have to race this "in between sex" person with obvious advantages of male hormones during the 20 yrs of his development. Very bad KARMA for South African Athletics, IAAF, and Caster.

She's not completely male either, so would it be fair to allow her to compete as a man? The divisions are male and female, not female and other.

The categories should be open and female. If you're not completely female you compete in the open. Simple.

The ladies should just refuse to run with Caster.