A South African Track Star Took A Gender Test To Prove That She Was A Female!

Caster Semenya is the South African track star that clocked the fastest women's 800m time in the world this year at the Africa Junior Championships.She easily obtained a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.But,Caster Semenya's great accomplishments have been eclipsed by a debate over her true gender.Is she really a woman or a man? Some believe that it's a case of gender variance.I think that it is just an extreme case of jealousy.
Here's more on that from The Daily Mail UK :

"Controversial runner Caster Semenya's mother has hit out at claims that her daughter's 800m at the World Athletics Championships was invalid - because she is actually a man.

Caster Semenya, 18, stunned a crowd of thousands in Berlin last night by storming to success in the 800 metres final in which Britain's Jennifer Meadows won a bronze.

It was the South African's first major international sporting competition. She won in one minute and 55.45 seconds - beating defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei, a Kenyan, by a massive 2.45 seconds.

But the athlete's triumph has been overshadowed by growing accusations that she is in fact a man.

Yesterday the world athletics body, the IAAF, confirmed it asked South Africa to test their star 18-year-old's gender three weeks ago.

The complex series of tests were prompted after her muscular physique and extraordinary performances sparked speculation over whether she really was female.

If the tests prove she is in fact male, she will lose her medal.

But her mother Dorcus Semenya today defended her athlete daughter.

'I am not even worried about that because I know who and what my child is,' she said defiantly.

'Mokgadi Caster is a girl and no one can change that.'


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