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IAAF isn't sure South African runner is female
nbcsports.com ^
| 08/19/2009
Posted on 08/19/2009 10:46:48 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
Country to perform complex gender test on 800-meter runner Semenya
BERLIN - South Africa’s track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.
Eighteen-year-old Caster Semenya is a favorite in Wednesday’s 800 final at the world championships.
The world track and field federation requested the gender test about three weeks ago, after Semenya burst onto the scene by improving her personal bests in the 800 and 1,500 by huge margins.
IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said the “extremely complex, difficult” test has been started but that the results were not expected for weeks.
The verification requires a physical medical evaluation, and includes reports from a gynecologist, endocrinologist, psychologist, an internal medicine specialist and an expert on gender.
“So we’re talking about reports that are very long, very time consuming,” Davies said.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: athletics; genderbender; iaaf; sport
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They report.... you decide.... (need picture)
To: Sleeping Freeper
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:50:08 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
To: Sleeping Freeper
We can’t get a birth certificate for our Kenyan president; I think the runner should follow suit.
Another thought: with the assumption that women and men are equal, why not make the events gender free?
To: Sleeping Freeper
i guess they can’t get her birth certificate either......
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:50:56 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WayzmX0WQvg)
To: Sleeping Freeper
???
To: mountaineer1997
41 seconds! i type so slowly
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:51:24 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WayzmX0WQvg)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Isn’t this pretty easy to figure out?
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:54:44 AM PDT
by
babygene
To: DJ MacWoW
She looks like the black kid that played the gay black guy with the nerds.
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:55:47 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Sleeping Freeper
IAAF isn't sure South African runner is female... Neither am I.
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:56:11 AM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(I shot the rooster, the one that used'er, wake me up at four A.M....)
To: DJ MacWoW
Is that a live package or is it Memorex?
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:56:13 AM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: Sleeping Freeper
That's a man baby
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:56:43 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: babygene
Isn’t this pretty easy to figure out?What if this person has been to a "gender reassignment" surgeon?
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:57:03 AM PDT
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: DJ MacWoW
how many toes does a camel have?
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:57:54 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Eric Cartman for president in 2012)
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: Venturer; gathersnomoss
I can understand the gender confusion.
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posted on
08/19/2009 10:58:51 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
To: DJ MacWoW
Is that a live package or is it Memorex?
16
posted on
08/19/2009 10:59:41 AM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: GOPsterinMA
Did the camel have foot surgery?
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posted on
08/19/2009 11:00:24 AM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
To: Sleeping Freeper
Guilty,,,
oh wait wrong thread, but still guilty.
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posted on
08/19/2009 11:00:24 AM PDT
by
vin-one
(REMEMBER the WTC !!!!!!!!)
To: Sleeping Freeper
"Caster Semenya" Now there's TWO birth certificates I want to see.
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posted on
08/19/2009 11:01:44 AM PDT
by
This_far
To: eCSMaster
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posted on
08/19/2009 11:01:44 AM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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