South African Runner Caster Semenya Will Keep Gold Medal Despite Gender Questions
Posted by Media Outrage on November 19th, 2009
After killing the game this past summer, many began to question whether a p*ssy was the only genital organ South African runner Caster Semenya was working with. Her newly won Gold Medal was on the line. Well, it is no longer on the line folks:
Via Yahoo:
JOHANNESBURG (AP)—South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.
The ministry also said in a statement that the International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed to allow the 18-year-old Semenya to keep her prize money.
“Whatever scientific tests were conducted legally within the IAAF regulations will be treated as a confidential matter between patient and doctor,” the sports ministry said. “As such there will be no public announcement of what the panel of scientists has found. We urge all South Africans and other people to respect this professional ethical and moral way of doing things.”
On Wednesday, the IAAF said the gender tests performed on Semenya had not yet been completed. The body had been expected to announce its findings Friday.
Before the 800 final in Berlin, the IAAF said it had ordered gender tests because of Semenya’s muscular build and rapid improvement in times. The case set off a storm in South Africa, and the IAAF was accused of violating her privacy. South African track officials were accused of failing to protect her.
Australian newspapers said in September that Semenya has male and female sexual organs, but the IAAF has refused to confirm or deny those reports.
After Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene admitted he lied about tests being conducted before the worlds, South African Olympic committee officials suspended him and the rest of the track body’s 12-member board.
The Olympic committee appointed one of its members, Ray Mali, as ASA’s administrator. When Mali moved into the track body’s Johannesburg offices this week, one suspended ASA official had to be escorted from the premises by police.
The sports ministry said Thursday it had asked the IAAF to apologize for its role, and had received this response: “It is deeply regrettable that information of a confidential nature entered the public domain.”
The IAAF also told the sports ministry it was not the source of leaks about the case.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Messed up?!
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November 19th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
They now owe her a public apology. Good for her
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November 19th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
“Whatever scientific tests were conducted legally within the IAAF regulations will be treated as a confidential matter between patient and doctor,” the sports ministry said. <– Sounds to me like they already have the results or they're very sure they were wrong… This young lady was maimed in the public field and deserves an equally public apology followed by some hefty dough for not taking this futher legally. They screwed up BIG time!
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November 19th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
@ YISI I agree 100%…
@ Ms_Behave I agree they are trying to clean up that MESS that they made.
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November 19th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Aww man..
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November 19th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Good for her/him.
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November 20th, 2009 at 12:04 am
“It is deeply regrettable that information of a confidential nature entered the public domain.”<–What kinda bullshit ass apology is that?!!
I’m glad she gets to keep her medal though despite going through this mess.
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