Semenya: It's a new beginning

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http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/Semenya-Its-a-new-beginning-20100715

Pretoria – South African 800m women’s world champion Caster Semenya on Thursday returned to competition with an easy victory recording a relatively slow time of 2m 4.22secs at Lappeenrantha, Finland.

Semenya, though, was happy with her time after a such a long absence.

"To come and run a 2:04 is not easy, especially after what happened," Semenya said. "I was a little bit nervous because it has been a long time not competing."

"It's a new beginning," she added.

Semenya, who started in lane 4, was level with most of her competition before pulling away on the home straight to beat a weak field.

Mari Jarvenpaa of Finland finished second in 2:04.71 and Olha Yekymenko of the Ukraine third in 2:05.

Her winning time was almost 9 seconds slower than the 1:55.42 with which she won the gold medal at the world meeting in Berlin last year.

Local experts said that they would be surprised if she immediately started posting world class times.

Former Springbok athlete Ilze Wicksel, the first South African woman to run the 800m under 2 minutes and also a former winner in Lappeenrantha, emphasised that training was one thing but competing quite another.

“It will be interesting to see what times Caster runs a few weeks from now once she has started training properly,” said Wicksel.

Jean Verster, who is also a former Springbok and currently a middle distance trainer, said that it was important for Semenya’s confidence to win.

“I think we will only really know what Caster is capable of when she starts running against women again that can run the 800m in 2 minutes or less. Taking into account that it was her first race again, she probably did not do too badly,” she said.

“Personally I think Caster’s opponents were carefully picked to ensure that she wins.”

Semenya’s winning time is not among the 130 best in the world.

Mapaseka Makhanya, who ran a time of 2:03.36 in Germany two weeks ago, is currently South Africa’s fastest athlete over the distance.
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Good on her. Even after everything she is running and winning again.:)
 
Ja, I'm not trying to be funny. I'm really glad for her that all this controversy is behind her. but I just have to say... She still looks like a man to me. Nothing about her is feminine. It's like "the emperor's new clothes". Everyone can see what she is... but they choose to treat her as something else. It's a very tough situation cos you want to be gracious to her... but if I was one of the other female athletes I would be wondering how fair this really was. Anyways... good luck to her.

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Hopefully now that her "turbo" was removed she put this behind her.

I read that even with out the "ten second turbo" she is still soooo close to being the fastest woman on on record.
 
Garyvdh said:
Ja, I'm not trying to be funny. I'm really glad for her that all this controversy is behind her. but I just have to say... She still looks like a man to me. Nothing about her is feminine. It's like "the emperor's new clothes". Everyone can see what she is... but they choose to treat her as something else. It's a very tough situation cos you want to be gracious to her... but if I was one of the other female athletes I would be wondering how fair this really was. Anyways... good luck to her.

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That is the most guy looking female I have ever seen
 
Watched the race last night, well done to Caster, she did well!
 
At least the media are treating her nicely. She has made a hit with them on her return.
 
Mila said:
Hopefully now that her "turbo" was removed she put this behind her.

I read that even with out the "ten second turbo" she is still soooo close to being the fastest woman on on record.
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How did they manage to remove her "turbo"? It's in the gene's, "damage" is done, cannot reverse it.
 
Goobie said:
How did they manage to remove her "turbo"? It's in the gene's, "damage" is done, cannot reverse it.
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You remove the thing that is making the testosterone. Same as when they allow people that goes through gender change to compete. They lower the testosterone "turbo" making glands nads what ever you want to call it to stop working.
 
Garyvdh said:
Ja, I'm not trying to be funny. I'm really glad for her that all this controversy is behind her. but I just have to say... She still looks like a man to me. Nothing about her is feminine. It's like "the emperor's new clothes". Everyone can see what she is... but they choose to treat her as something else. It's a very tough situation cos you want to be gracious to her... but if I was one of the other female athletes I would be wondering how fair this really was. Anyways... good luck to her.

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wow, that statement is ignorant, bordering on sexism - maybe you should re-examine your preconceived beliefs about what constitutes femininity - remember...just because you can see your own balls, doesnt mean you have balls :D
 
Kompete said:
wow, that statement is ignorant, bordering on sexism - maybe you should re-examine your preconceived beliefs about what constitutes femininity - remember...just because you can see your own balls, doesnt mean you have balls :D
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I'm not gonna argue with my own eyes... and seems I am not the only one. What are you gonna do about it. And you have no idea how I would treat this person in real life or if I knew her personally so please don't presume to speak for me. I prefaced my post by stating my intention. I am not trying to say anything sexist (please tell me what was sexist about my post?). My comments were based solely on my visual perception of the person. That is a very subjective analysis. What I percieve to be feminine may not be the same as what you perceive. So what? Does that make me ignorant or sexist? I doubt it.

How do you think this whole debacle came about? Did people start complaining that she "looked like a man" or did someone look down her pants? Obviously I am not the only one to comment on her masculinity. So please take that chip on your shoulder and put it somewhere more comfortable for someone of your judgmental attitude. :D
 
Garyvdh said:
I'm not gonna argue with my own eyes... and seems I am not the only one. What are you gonna do about it. And you have no idea how I would treat this person in real life or if I knew her personally so please don't presume to speak for me. I prefaced my post by stating my intention. I am not trying to say anything sexist (please tell me what was sexist about my post?). My comments were based solely on my visual perception of the person. That is a very subjective analysis. What I percieve to be feminine may not be the same as what you perceive. So what? Does that make me ignorant or sexist? I doubt it.

How do you think this whole debacle came about? Did people start complaining that she "looked like a man" or did someone look down her pants? Obviously I am not the only one to comment on her masculinity. So please take that chip on your shoulder and put it somewhere more comfortable for someone of your judgmental attitude. :D
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"phew"...talk about highly strung. Dude I agree with you, your visual analysis was very subjective...sometimes it helps to keep very subjective thoughts to yourself
 
Garyvdh said:
I'm not gonna argue with my own eyes... and seems I am not the only one. What are you gonna do about it. And you have no idea how I would treat this person in real life or if I knew her personally so please don't presume to speak for me. I prefaced my post by stating my intention. I am not trying to say anything sexist (please tell me what was sexist about my post?). My comments were based solely on my visual perception of the person. That is a very subjective analysis. What I percieve to be feminine may not be the same as what you perceive. So what? Does that make me ignorant or sexist? I doubt it.

How do you think this whole debacle came about? Did people start complaining that she "looked like a man" or did someone look down her pants? Obviously I am not the only one to comment on her masculinity. So please take that chip on your shoulder and put it somewhere more comfortable for someone of your judgmental attitude. :D
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+1

she looks like dude. Sexist? who cares. Not gonna start explaining myself. Ugly people are ugly.
 
Kompete said:
wow, that statement is ignorant, bordering on sexism - maybe you should re-examine your preconceived beliefs about what constitutes femininity - remember...just because you can see your own balls, doesnt mean you have balls :D
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Kompete said:
"phew"...talk about highly strung. Dude I agree with you, your visual analysis was very subjective...sometimes it helps to keep very subjective thoughts to yourself
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Aaah... so you retract your previous accusation of ignorance and sexism. OK then. Nothing like doing a complete 180 turn in the middle of a thread! :rolleyes:
 
We all know men run faster because they've got ball bearings !

I wonder how long it will take before we hear the real sports women complain about the situation?
 
Yip, great that she is back but unfortunately you are still going to get the idiots who are going to question whether it is fair that she is competing or not. They are probably the same idiots who were jumping up and down when the story first broke cheering on the fact that she may be a man. The type that hates to see others succeed...
 
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LancelotSA said:
Yip, great that she is back but unfortunately you are still going to get the idiots who are going to question whether it is fair that she is competing or not. They are probably the same idiots who were jumping up and down when the story first broke cheering on the fact that she may be a man. The type that hates to see others succeed...
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+1
Sad really..
 
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