Semenya Set to Compete

[zeb]

If a person is born with a genetic advantage, like all athletes are, should they be penalized based on said advantage?

I'm not saying Semenya should be allowed to compete if she's a boy who was raised as a girl, but if she has some kind of birth defect like internal testes that produce 10x the level of testosterone that women should have, she should be allowed to compete all over the world.
If not then the next step could well be to ban Usain Bolt because of his genetic advantage.

 

[daveza]

http://www.sport24.co.za/Content/Ot...9c/15-01-2010-03-36/SASCOC_says_no_to_Semenya

Johannesburg - Athlete Caster Semenya cannot compete in any races until a final decision is made on gender verification tests she was subjected to, South Africa's Olympic governing body, Sascoc, said on Friday.

"Let's be very clear on one thing. As things stand, Caster Semenya is not eligible to run in any sanctioned meeting or race

Very clear yes.

Until tomorrow when someone else says she can run.

 

[DreamKing]

Good for her.

good for him too

 

[APoc184]

http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/Semenya-given-all-clear-20100706

Cape Town - Caster Semenya, the South African world 800 metres champion, is set to be cleared to run against women, ending her 11-month exile from competitive racing since she was ordered to undergo a gender verification test, according to a report in the Telegraph.

Semenya has not competed since winning the global title in Berlin last August, shortly after it was leaked that the International Association of Athletics Federations had ordered gender tests on the South African record holder.

The International Association of Athletics Federations and the authorities in South Africa are expected to announce within a few days that the athlete is free to return to the track, ending one of the biggest controversies ever to engulf the sport.

Semenya, 19, who has not raced since her runaway victory at the World Championships in Berlin last August, could be competing again as early as the World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada, from July 19-25.

Her coach, Michael Seme, has admitted that she has not been training at 100 percent due to the uncertainty over her future.

Last month sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile called a press conference with Semenya, expected to shed some light on her eligibility, but it was cancelled at the last minute. Her lawyers later said they needed to present a medical team's findings to the IAAF before making the announcement.