Caster takes gold

[Ho3n3r]

Now there's a racist comment if I ever saw one. She may well lose sponsors over this. What a doofus.

 

[Ho3n3r]

That is the only definition that should be used. XX= men's race, XY = women's race.

If they had this testing to begin with there wouldn't have been any controversy and Semenya would have just been another lucky person with the right genes.

Unfortunately it shows how uninformed you are. She has both XX and XY chromosomes. In fact, it's the very foundation of what others perceive to be wrong with her.

 

[TysonRoux]

Now there's a racist comment if I ever saw one. She may well lose sponsors over this. What a doofus.

What ?????????

 

[Cray]

What ?????????

I believe he is referencing this...

Jozwik controversially claimed that she was proud to have finished as the 'first European' and 'second white'

 

[Ho3n3r]

I believe he is referencing this...

Of course.

 

[konfab]

Unfortunately it shows how uninformed you are. She has both XX and XY chromosomes. In fact, it's the very foundation of what others perceive to be wrong with her.

Source on that?

 

[Jings]

That is the only definition that should be used. XX= men's race, XY = women's race.

If they had this testing to begin with there wouldn't have been any controversy and Semenya would have just been another lucky person with the right genes.

Exactly, Caster went through a lot emotionally back then when the controversy first started. And I believe you're right, she has the right genes to make her a good athlete.

But she also trains very hard. Coming from a poverty background, she doesn't take her abilities and good fortune for granted. Down to earth and a good heart is how I would describe her.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Excellent piece.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...is-the-one-at-a-disadvantage?CMP=share_btn_tw

The irony of athletes from Great Britain, which spent £275m on preparations for the Rio games, raising fundamental questions about fairness in a race against an athlete from a country that spent less than £1.9m has somehow been lost.

Semenya has been the object of a long and terrifyingly international campaign that has included the disclosure of private medical information and ongoing hounding by the media. She has refused to talk about the condition, saying only that “God made me the way I am and I accept myself”.

This silence is emblematic of the way in which athletes from poor countries seldom complain about the biggest elephant in the room when it comes to unfair advantage; that they are disadvantaged from the start.

In developing countries all aspects of sports are under-resourced. School programmes barely exist. Even elite athletes struggle to find a track to practice on or a coach to work with – never mind the sophisticated nutritional, psychological and biomechanical performance enhancement available to those in the developed world. Forget marginal gains, these are massive ones.

The idea that testosterone levels could constitute an unfair advantage in this climate is laughable.

Just look at the final medal table in Rio: the US got 121 medals; Team GB 67 medals; China 70, Russia 56 and Germany 42. Canada spent over C$5m for every medal won; while Australia spent A$330m over the last Olympic cycle.

Perhaps Sharp should reflect on the advantages she carried into that 800m race. Can there be any doubt that Semenya’s road to Rio was so much more arduous, demanding more training, talent and tenacity than her western rivals?