Website makes Caster boob

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Read the whole article, especially the section about the athlete who was unhappy after to losing to Caster in the 1500m at the SA champs.

Johannesburg - The management of Athletics SA have been left red-faced after it emerged that on their website, women’s world 800m champion Caster Semenya is referred to as a man.

ASA was made aware of the mistake two weeks ago, but had by Friday had still not corrected it.

In the preview for the Under-23, junior and youth athletics meeting at Germiston on April 2-3, a report states that Wilhelm van der Vyver, Roscoe Engel, Wade Jooste, Cornel Fredericks and Caster Semenya are the male Under-23 athletes to watch. In the same report, Semenya is mentioned among the female athletes.

As it turned out, Semenya did not take part in the event.

Within hours of the publication of the report, ASA was made aware by SMS of the mistake and warned that it could be embarrassing if not corrected.

The reporter who wrote the article described it as an unforgivable error on his part when he was made aware of it.


http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/ASA-website-makes-Caster-boob-20110416
 
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