Caster Semenya got silver

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lcbxx said:
Is it just me or does Caster have significantly more breast tissue compared to when she competed in the IAAF Champs?

Regarding the race, I cannot help but think it was an intentional silver. She ran the last 100m like a bat out of hell and did not appear tired at all in the end.
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I noticed as well. My comment to my SO was "implants?" ...

I wonder if she wouldn't be better suited to a longer distance race? She seems to have loads of stamina.
 
Sly21C said:
I agree! I think she intentionally didn't win because of the bad publicity she would have received if she won. People might say she won because of her unusually high testosterone levels (for a woman) or because she has internal testes, no womb, no ovaries, etc. Just before the race began and during the introductions of the athletes, Caster Semenya was mentioned by the British TV commentator as "the controversial" South African athlete. So if she won, her win would have been controversial. To be honest, I'm glad she won silver and not a Gold medal.
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i actually thought this as well. perhaps she threw it because she didn't want to face the publicity again like the world athletic championships.
 
Celine said:
i actually thought this as well. perhaps she threw it because she didn't want to face the publicity again like the world athletic championships.
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If she listened to the semi finals commentator that would definitely cause her to think twice about winning. The guy basically just stopped short of an outright accusation, he kept going on about how unbelievable her times were - unbelievable!
 
For those that watched the World Championships in Daegu last year, you would have seen that the same Russian athlete (Mariya Savinova) beat Caster at the finish line. Caster ran out of steam there.
In this Olympics she might have decided to try a different tactic but clearly that Russian was still stronger than her.

But well done nonetheless even though silver was a bit of an anticlimax after she recorded the fastest time in the semis.
 
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