Caster Semenya wins 800 m: beaten GB finalist Lynsey Sharp criticizes rule change over "obvious"

Telegraph ^ | 8/21/2016 | Tom Morgan

[NetAddicted]

GB runner Lynsey Sharp was at the centre of a row over so-called intersex athletes last night after tearfully admitting it was "difficult" competing against them at Rio 2016.

[Mr. K]

Semanya has XY chromosomes???

That’s it then... HE is just a man who ‘idetifies’ as a woman

[Ancesthntr]

“This is a scam for second-tier male athletes to poach medals from the women. This could destroy female athletics. People should compete as women only if their chromosomes are XX.”

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If there was a woman’s movement worth its salt, EVERY SINGLE WOMAN WOULD BOYCOTT THE NEXT OLYMPICS.

Oh, never mind.

[markoman]

She/he also has a very masculine voice.

Marko

[Redwood71]

I think she's in the wrong sport. She is a Olympic champion runner at middle distance and she weighs only about 10 pounds less than a college defensive back in college football. Couldn't this possibly lead to a college degree as a player and if they can get a little more testoster and get her muscle weight up a little it could mean an NFL career. And they wouldn't even have to change locker rooms. She'd fit right in. red

[Lizavetta]

Why are there women’s events in the first place? If anyone can be “gender fluid”, there’s really no such thing as men or women as a permanent construct.

Excellent point.

[ssaftler]

I don’t know why everyone is so up in arms over this sexually confused person participating in the Olympics.

Didn’t the Soviets do this for years?

[TexasGator]

It’s in the article...

[To Hell With Poverty]

Semen? Ya!

Period!

LOL, I'm guessing no period has ever made an appearance.

[TexasGator]

There is no testosterone test

[DUMBGRUNT]

“On the recommendation of South Africa’s Minister for Sport and Recreation, Makhenkesi Stofile, Semenya retained the legal firm Dewey & LeBoeuf who are acting pro bono “to make certain that her civil and legal rights and dignity as a person are fully protected.”[31][32][33] Following the furore over her gender, Semenya received great support within South Africa,[15][22] to the extent of being called a cause célèbre.[24]” https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caster_Semenya&oldid=735366001

Dewey & LeBoeuf? They found them in the phone book!

I have to ask, when selecting an attorney, do you want one that has a boatfull of his own problems and needs the work, or a newby that works cheap?

[SgtHooper]

What?

[showme_the_Glory]

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side...........and the colored girls go do do dooo

[DoughtyOne]

See, there’s that too...

“:^)

[NetAddicted]

No test any more, although they have to make a final decision by 2017.

[Donglalinger]

All these people are for transgender until they have to get a silver medal

[Jmouse007]

It was disgusting, a man won the woman's race.

As the race was being run and HE began to totally outrun the entire field of women I screamed at the TV: "THIS RACE IS TOTALLY UNFAIR; THAT'S A MAN!"

The Olympic Committee should be ashamed of themselves because it is impossible for women to compete and win against men who make believe that they are women.

[Loyalist]

The East Germans did it to their female athletes without their knowledge or consent to the point that one of them--Heidi Krieger--felt compelled to undergo sex change treatment because her body had been so badly damaged by testosterone.

[bgill]

That’s a man, baby.

[bgill]

Jenner could make a come back.

[CaptainPhilFan]

Damn. "Caster" is a boy's name, even. It has a penis, it has too much testosterone to be a woman. The 3 top winners of this race ALL have gender questions. This pic of the 3 looks like a spoof, doesn't it?