SEMENYA LOST

She tanked it in the last 30 meters to let the Russian win and keep the attention off of her a bit.

Looks like she did it on purpose

that is no comfort given that the winner is a tainted Russian!! Dopers go 1-2!!!

The person who beat her didn't look too feminine herself.

John Beck wrote:

She tanked it in the last 30 meters to let the Russian win and keep the attention off of her a bit.

Yea, I agree, but what I don't understand is why she pushed it so hard after 400m

fff>> do you think everyone else is clean?

not necessarily. It is more likely the Kenyans are clean than

the Russians given their long history of doping offenses.

girliegirl wrote:

The person who beat her didn't look too feminine herself.

Are you joking? She looked absolutely normal for a female runner.

No visible strain on Semenya at all. She has looked so good in other races it really does appear she's capable of 1:52 or 1:53.

Amazing that she's eligible to run in the women's field.

I'd rather see a doper win than a man...

T-man wrote:

No visible strain on Semenya at all. She has looked so good in other races it really does appear she's capable of 1:52 or 1:53.

There was a bit of visible strain when that Russian flew past her. Interesting how Caster suddenly runs 2 seconds faster than she's done all year though

Savinova ran a brilliant tactical race tracking Caster through the whole race and just striking at the right time

Had her down to win after seeing her outsprint Meadows indoors

Come on, please stop this BS of an athlete losing on purpose - no athlete will ever do that. And she doesn't have to care what anybody thought if she won: She is eligible by the IAAF, whatever we might feel about that...That is what counts for her.

And Savinova 1:55,87 - I don't know if the Russians are clean, there are serious question marks, but I some like to see her win like that.

And Savinova has been running 1:55s all year?

- I have 3 girls

- They no nothing of Caster

- All 3 commented separately that "She looks like a boy!" while we watched the webcast.

- My girls no little of IAAF track & field

- Case closed

Who is Kenisha Sinclair? The best part of the WC ending is I won't have to listen to Larry Rawson's British twin, Steve Ovett. He obviously can't even read!

Lickety Split wrote:

- I have 3 girls

- They no nothing of Caster

- All 3 commented separately that "She looks like a boy!" while we watched the webcast.

- My girls no little of IAAF track & field

- Case closed

I hope your girls learn to spell better than you do.

52.43 >> just because she's eligible, that doesn't mean it's right. She clearly has an advantage simply because she's not a 100% female.

Nina wrote:

52.43 >> just because she's eligible, that doesn't mean it's right. She clearly has an advantage simply because she's not a 100% female.

You'd better have a damn good definition of "100% female." Let's hear it.