Semenya being arrogant

DudeLooksLikeALady wrote:

Semenya's behavior is typical of the anointed, of people belonging to protected groups, wherein it's not allowed to criticize them while at the same time they can say what they want, and much of the time do what they want. We see this throughout the West with different so-called "minorities" getting special treatment, acting as if they're under siege and battling against discrimination when actual facts show otherwise - all the while the media goes along with the charade.

Semenya is a boor. A fake. He deserves to be banned completely.

I agree. She defeats her own argument when she says she will win any event and she misses the point. We are talking because she keeps winning... as an XY in an XX event. Running is probably the one big sport where Women’s popularity equals men’s. Let’s not ruin this.

It's been getting away with it all its life.

Amazing to think this whole thing erupted TEN YEARS AGO at the Berlin WCs and barely any progress has been made in the meantime. If anything, things have only gotten worse. Sounds like she wants to hang around for another ten years and f*ck things up even more. What has the sport done to deserve her?

Not that dumb. 2 factors.

1) She is running within the rules. It's fine to argue the rules should be changed, and many have no problem with that. But one shouldn't beat an athlete up who is following them.

2) We all know 'know' many top athletes are doping. This is the big issue, that makes others feel the need to dope. It's not all about the money required to investigate, when it comes to the media.

TrackTown Troll Trolley wrote:

Amazing to think this whole thing erupted TEN YEARS AGO at the Berlin WCs and barely any progress has been made in the meantime. If anything, things have only gotten worse. Sounds like she wants to hang around for another ten years and f*ck things up even more. What has the sport done to deserve her?

Look at masters men’s times, she could be doing this for 25 more years

Dumbo wrote:

....She is running within the rules. It's fine to argue the rules should be changed, and many have no problem with that. But one shouldn't beat an athlete up who is following them.....

The problem have with this statement is the rules are only the rules because of her appeals and the appeals of others, not because they are the best for the sport or what the organizing body wants to do.

Her taking advantage of the rules is also immoral in my opinion and I do have a problem with that.

Semenya: "I'm a talented athlete..."

A 1:54.25 800m (pb) would be ranked 2324th in the men's (correct) category this year, so not talented at all.

dunes runner wrote:

PEDs have never been proven to help anyone. If they did, Radcliffe would be the #1 suspect.

Good one!

Gggg wrote:

She brags here that she can run any event- 100m, 200m, long jump, heptathlon..

https://youtu.be/_NnA7ALUg48

Then she brags on her twitter:

They keep talking and I keep winning..

https://mobile.twitter.com/caster800m/status/1138711327558578176

She has balls for saying the truth.

Too bad if you find her cocky.

doping..... wrote:

She makes a fair point though, when she says they should focus on doping.

How many people are doping vs athletes with her condition, and where is all the attention focused ?

#1 Seriously, we can do a thread like this without the offensive comments right? How childish is it if you're coming to the boards to call Semenya a man? Super cool. But she's the arrogant one or whatever.

#2 She has personality, has been attacked and scrutinized by all angles, and does an interview giving the finger to the T&F world. Why is that surprising? We think, at this point, she should be up there being anything other than angry? The IAAF is trying to ban her from her main events. Whether you agree or disagree let's not be surprised at her words. She isn't being arrogant. She's mad/frustrated and it has been building for obvious reasons.

#3 The above IS a good point. Do we really think American knight Ajee Wilson is clean? Tainted beef and all?

doping..... wrote:

She makes a fair point though, when she says they should focus on doping.

How many people are doping vs athletes with her condition, and where is all the attention focused ?

Tell that to Melissa Bishop (4th place Rio)...

Me too.

I could have Won every Olympic event Up to the 800. I could have won all the Jumps.

I might have been a finalist in the throws as their implements are pretty light.

Given some time and effort I could likely have made the final in the 1500. If they'd run it slowly enough for 3 laps I would definitely out kicked them

TrackTown Troll Trolley wrote:

Amazing to think this whole thing erupted TEN YEARS AGO at the Berlin WCs and barely any progress has been made in the meantime. If anything, things have only gotten worse. Sounds like she wants to hang around for another ten years and f*ck things up even more. What has the sport done to deserve her?

This.

They are dragging their feet hoping that she'll eventually get too old and retire.

They really are fortunate that Bruce Jenner is so old.

Then do it! I worked for your company for many years....pull the sponsorship and make a statement that we don't accept y chromosome athletes competing as women. It destroys women's sports. But that is kind of a blinding glympse of the obvious....is it not? People just laugh when they see Castor competing against YY chromosome athletes. Why? Because we all see it is not fair. Has there ever been a single case where one of these biological exceptions (for lack of a better term) chose to compete as a xy athlete? If so, then it likely went unnoticed because they probably were unsuccessful. Stop allowing it to destroy women's athletics. Sponsors, please use your power to end it. Protest woman's athletics until it gets sorted out. You can make a difference! Until then, I am encouraging everyone I know to boycott all products sponsored by you. I hope this action catches on.

Sorry.....XX