Do the pictures of caster semenya indicate any outward problem with the athlete?”
Caster Semenya – the South African athlete tipped to win this evening’s 800m women’s final – is to undergo a gender verification test after concerns were raised about the 18-year-old’s vastly improved form. Semenya ran 1min 56.72sec at the African Junior Championships last month, just 0.51 of a second slower than Kelly Holmes’ career best and eight seconds better than her time in 2008. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed that a gender verification process was requested three weeks ago, soon after Semenya’s staggering run in Mauritius. According to the IAAF director of communications, Nick Davies, a complicated process of medical examinations is already underway, but the results will not be available for several weeks. Semenya, then, will still be allowed to compete in this evening’s final. “We don’t have any conclusive evidence that she should not be allowed to run,” said Davies, “We are waiting for the report … We simply ran out of time. “The
Caster Semenya – the South African athlete tipped to win this evening’s 800m women’s final – is to undergo a gender verification test after concerns were raised about the 18-year-old’s vastly improved form. Semenya ran 1min 56.72sec at the African Junior Championships last month, just 0.51 of a second slower than Kelly Holmes’ career best and eight seconds better than her time in 2008. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed that a gender verification process was requested three weeks ago, soon after Semenya’s staggering run in Mauritius. According to the IAAF director of communications, Nick Davies, a complicated process of medical examinations is already underway, but the results will not be available for several weeks. Semenya, then, will still be allowed to compete in this evening’s final.
