different take on caster semenya story

[cranrab]

it's already been posted and discussed on the main board, but nobody is discussing what i see as HUGE issue beyond the sex organs revelation.

how does an athletic organization have the right to disclose this sort of private, personal MEDICAL information about an athlete?

more to the point, it appears that the IAAF released this life-altering information to the press before even notifying the athlete!

Associated Press
4:46 PM PDT, September 10, 2009
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SYDNEY -- World 800-metre champion Caster Semenya of South Africa is an hermaphrodite, meaning she has both male and female sexual characteristics, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday.

The Herald said extensive physical examinations of the 18-year-old runner ordered by the IAAF have shown she is technically a hermaphrodite.

Medical reports indicate she has no womb or ovaries, but rather has internal male testes, which are producing large amounts of testosterone.

The newspaper said the IAAF was trying to contact the athlete to inform her of the results.

After dominating her race at the world championships 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.

 

[ac901]

She/He has an unfair advantage and it should be public record as to why. Its embarrassing, but public disclosure is a part of the sport. If you dont want the whole world in your business, you shouldn't be competing on the world circuit anyway. Go be a lawyer, doctor, or a school teacher, but dont compete against women when technically you aren't one and get your panties in a bunch when you get outed.

South Africa is just embarrassed and trying to save face. Fuck them!

 

[rNubb]

She/He has an unfair advantage and it should be public record as to why. Its embarrassing, but public disclosure is a part of the sport. If you dont want the whole world in your business, you shouldn't be competing on the world circuit anyway. Go be a lawyer, doctor, or a school teacher, but dont compete against women when technically you aren't one and get your panties in a bunch when you get outed.

South Africa is just embarrassed and trying to save face. Fuck them!

She is 18. She is a world class athlete. She lives in South Africa.

Bruh, she was groomed to be a runner and a competitor. It didn't start on her 18th birthday. She was a teenage that was managed by adults. She was exploited for her talent.

Her realistic life opportunities were probably not to be a lawyer or doctor.

I agree that she shouldn't be allowed to compete. Her accomplishments should receive asterisks. Her competitors should be given their rightful recognition. Her records should be voided.

She should let someone quickly ghost write her biography. She should sell a bit of her personal story to the tabloids for a fat sum. She should be on the talk show circuit her in the west.

She should make several fitness DVDs for the gay, lesbian and transgender community.

She can always move to India.

And she is doomed to a life of performing oral sex regardless of her sexual orientation.

Which public restroom does she use now?

 

[cranrab]

Its embarrassing, but public disclosure is a part of the sport.

days of grace.

for me, end of story.

 

[QueEx]

how does an athletic organization have the right to disclose this sort of private, personal MEDICAL information about an athlete?

more to the point, it appears that the IAAF released this life-altering information to the press before even notifying the athlete!
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<center>Athletics chief faces calls to quit over Semenya</font size></center>

Caster Semenya celebrates her gold at
the world championships in Berlin.

Leonard Chuene is under pressure after
admitting he lied over the gender test.



Cable News Network
September 20, 2009

<font size="3">PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African government minister called on Leonard Chuene to resign after the national athletics chief admitted he knew Caster Semenya had undergone a gender test prior to the world championships.</font size>

Chuene was forced into a humiliating climbdown after previously denying that Semenya had been tested before going to Berlin to win the women's 800m title.

Deputy sports minister Gert Oosthuizen condemned Chuene in a statement released on Saturday evening.

"Mr Chuene has not only lied to us as the ministry, but to the whole country, and this is not acceptable.

"We do not agree with Mr Chuene's insistence that he lied in Ms Semenya's interest, in fact we are of the view that his lies were to Ms Semenya's detriment.

"In light of this, we now request the membership of ASA (Athletics South Africa) to not only take disciplinary action against Mr Chuene, but to fire him from his position as the president of ASA."

A defiant Chuene insisted on Sunday that he was going nowhere, saying: "I will face this head on. I won't jump ship."

The gender tests on 18-year-old Semenya, which became public knowledge just before the 800m final in Berlin last month, have sparked a worldwide controversy with the official results still to be released by the IAAF, the governing body of athletics.

Leading politicians from the ruling African National Congress (ANC), including president Jakob Zuma, have been quick to leap to her defense and the ministry for women has filed a complaint to the United Nations about her treatment.

But the role of the ASA came under scrutiny when Semenya's coach quit, alleging that she had actually been tested in South Africa prior to competing on the global stage.

This was initially denied, but leaked e-mails to a South African newspaper appeared to confirm the story and Chuene was forced to backtrack.

"I now realize that it was an error of judgment and I would like to apologize unconditionally," Chuene said on Saturday, according to South Africa's SAPA news agency.

After receiving the results of the tests, the South Africa team doctor requested Semenya be withdrawn from the 800-meter race she ended up winning, Chuene said, but he refused to do it because the IAAF did not request a withdrawal.

Semenya burst onto the world scene earlier this year with a massive improvement in her performances, but questions over her masculine build and deep voice led the IAAF to propose initial gender tests.

She finished well clear of her rivals in the 800 in Berlin in a time of one minute 55.45 seconds -- the best women's time in the world this year.

Since arriving back in South Africa to a heroine's welcome, Semenya has been feted and even appeared on the cover of a women's magazine as part of a glamour shoot.

She attempted a return to competition at the South African national cross country championships, but dropped out before the finish.

The IAAF has hinted it might not strip Semenya of the gold medal if the tests proved unfavorable, but she may be prevented from competing at the highest level again.


http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/20/athletics.caster.semenya.chuene.oosthuizen/

 

[cbm_redux]

She/He has an unfair advantage...

So does Shaq.