[BBUK4LYFE]

SYDNEY (AP) - World 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa has male and female sexual organs, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Friday, posing an ethical and political quandary for athletics' ruling body.

The Herald said extensive physical examinations of 18-year-old Semenya ordered by the IAAF 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.

The newspaper said the IAAF was trying to contact Semenya to inform her of the results. After dominating her race at the world titles in Berlin last month, Semenya was given blood and chromosome tests as well as a gynecological examination.

"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 would probably keep her medal because the case was not related to a drug matter. But the Herald said an alternative possibility was to award a second gold to the runner-up, Janeth Jepkosgei from Kenya.

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story...gans?GT1=39002

[Iceman]

[rquote=2561794&tid=141461&author=BBUK4LYFE]

SYDNEY (AP) - World 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa has male and female sexual organs, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Friday, posing an ethical and political quandary for athletics' ruling body.

The Herald said extensive physical examinations of 18-year-old Semenya ordered by the IAAF 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.

The newspaper said the IAAF was trying to contact Semenya to inform her of the results. After dominating her race at the world titles in Berlin last month, Semenya was given blood and chromosome tests as well as a gynecological examination.

"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 would probably keep her medal because the case was not related to a drug matter. But the Herald said an alternative possibility was to award a second gold to the runner-up, Janeth Jepkosgei from Kenya.

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Kind of expected that to be the case.....

[King Gizzard]

But thats the one thing she doesnt look like having, a dick lol

[BBUK4LYFE]

[rquote=2561797&tid=141461&author=Iceman]

Kind of expected that to be the case.....[/rquote]
I thought it was steroids.

[King Gizzard]

it aint fair on the other racers cause they ll never win anything while semenya will be there...but she cant help it :/

[Ramsay]

i remember when i first heard this i thought either result will be hilarious

[Iceman]

[rquote=2561813&tid=141461&author=BBUK4LYFE][rquote=2561797&tid=141461&author=Iceman]

Kind of expected that to be the case.....[/rquote]
I thought it was steroids. [/rquote]

That's what I thought at first but it just seemed too obvious....

[Appearance_Of_A_Junky]

I thought she was taking testosterone to boost her growth, but didn't think she was making it herself.

God, its bad to find this out in the worlds media watching you - how embarrasing this must be for her.

[BONNEIP]

My first thoughts when i saw this poor girl, was she's a hermaphrodite. Been brought up a female, but is she genetically female xx chromasones or did her blood tests show xy male chromasones? I hope for her sake shes genetically female.....she ran a great race for an 18yr old anyway.

[cleaner67]

Poor girl it`s an accident of nature and i just hope the press don`t hound her and make her life hell

[Lauren]

[rquote=2562354&tid=141461&author=cleaner67] Poor girl it`s an accident of nature and i just hope the press don`t hound her and make her life hell[/rquote]

At the same time she shouldn't be racing with women though. She has 3x the amount of testosterone, that causes speed and strength. It's unfair on them, despite her not being able to help it - she should not be racing in a womens race.

[NettoSuperstar!]

They shouldnt have publicized this, its downright humiliating and against there usual code of conduct!

[arista]

[rquote=2564463&tid=141461&author=NettoSuperstar!]They shouldnt have publicized this, its downright humiliating and against there usual code of conduct![/rquote]


The Media took over
her agent regrets not bringing this out into the media before.

So they had there chance and blew it.

[arista]

[rquote=2442134&tid=141461&author=andyman]Yeah it was on BBC News 24... Looks like a bloke.[/rquote]


No you would have seen it on BBC News

They got rid of the 24
a long time ago.


There is now in English a cool news channel
France24
http://www.france24.com/en/
And it is Free to watch online.

Much better than the slow out dated
Bloated BBC News
Fact.

[Tom]

[rquote=2564508&tid=141461&author=arista][rquote=2442134&tid=141461&author=andyman]Yeah it was on BBC News 24... Looks like a bloke.[/rquote]


No you would have seen it on BBC News

They got rid of the 24
a long time ago.


There is now in English a cool news channel
France24
http://www.france24.com/en/
And it is Free to watch online.

Much better than the slow out dated
Bloated BBC News
Fact.
[/rquote]

ITV News is the future arista. They want to make a news channel, i bet you'd love that

[arista]

Hey RAF Tom
they make the best one hour show
Ch4 News weekdays 7PM.
And SkyNews are Cool.