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‘Intersex’ Athlete Wins Gold Medal In Women’s 800M
The Daily Caller ^ | 8/20/16 | Peter Hasson

Posted on 08/21/2016 1:20:41 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

South African runner Caster Semenya dominated the women’s 800-meter final Saturday in Rio, finishing well ahead of the competition to take home the gold medal.

Semenya is widely believed to be “intersex,” defined by the United Nations as people born with sex characteristics “that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.” The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last summer suspended International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) rules prohibiting athletes who exceed a testosterone threshold from competing in women’s track and field events, clearing the way for Semenya to compete in Rio.

The CAS ruling claimed that high testosterone levels didn’t necessarily give female athletes an advantage.

(RELATED: High School Boy Wins All-State Honors In Girls’ Track And Field)

Semenya finished a whole second ahead of the next-closest finisher, setting a personal best with a time of 1:55.28.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2016olympics; athletes; genderiddisorder; genetics; homosexualagenda; olympics; southafrica; unisex
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

This is what women wanted: equality.


41 posted on 08/21/2016 1:47:32 PM PDT by wastedyears (#brexit - Make Britain Great Again)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Would 1:55 even have qualified as a finalist in the mens 800?

Rudisha (Kenya) first at 1:42.15, Makhloufi (Algeria) second at 1:42.61, USA’s Clayton Murphy third at 1:42.93.

I guess some people will do anything to cheat - including sliding into home.


42 posted on 08/21/2016 1:47:55 PM PDT by blueplum ((March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?))
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To: Jay Redhawk
Pic must be from 20 years ago. Mooshelle is looking more robust these days:


43 posted on 08/21/2016 1:48:12 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: blueplum

There were guys on my high school team who ran faster.


44 posted on 08/21/2016 1:49:36 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

So unfair to the real women. It makes me sick and mad.


45 posted on 08/21/2016 1:52:55 PM PDT by stillfree? (My My My)
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To: Vaquero

This is GREAT news! This could be the end of ‘women’s sports’ as we know. Hoist on a PC petard.


46 posted on 08/21/2016 1:59:15 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: fhayek

WNBA will soon be dunking.


47 posted on 08/21/2016 2:02:02 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: fhayek

WNBA will soon be SLAM dunking.


48 posted on 08/21/2016 2:02:18 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Intersex is a birth defect and not a choice. Sad, really.


49 posted on 08/21/2016 2:02:38 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Mr. Mojo
The LBGTQ Liberal agenda will make Title 9 irrelevant.

Women will be benchwarmers in women’s sports. Women’s teams will be the junior varsity teams.

"O brave new world that has such people in it. Let's start at once."

/S

50 posted on 08/21/2016 2:02:51 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Vaquero

And you thought the WNBA players were ugly before....


51 posted on 08/21/2016 2:03:29 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: yarddog

I had exactly the same impression. I don’t watch television, and haven’t watched the games except for some short intervals, and the other night when she went to bed and left the television on, I stopped to watch, and had that same confusion.

I figured maybe it was a warmup and they had a guy pacing them or something, and didn’t think about it until the next day when I saw an article on him.

I do need to say this though-I have plenty of ridicule for transvestites and transsexuals, but I give this person a pass. He didn’t ask to be born this way.

Interesting, but that is the “Holy Grail” of the homosexual community, that they can find a genetic tag to make it no different than race or gender.

They are going to lie, cheat and steal to reach that goal, we should remain skeptical. But this guy doesn’t fall into that group, IMO.


52 posted on 08/21/2016 2:04:14 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: FlingWingFlyer
“Intersex”. ROTFLMAO! Should be sickosex.

No. Semenya has a very rare but naturally occurring genetic condition as a result of which she has a mix of male and female sexual attributes. This is not a personal choice. It is not a psychological condition. She was born with it. Previous generations would have called her a hermaphrodite. That term has gone out of usage for various high minded reasons, which may even be correct. Intersex seems to be the new preferred usage. I don't see any point in quibbling about the term.

The point is, she doesn't deserve insults. She was born with the condition, which in her case includes internal testes and male levels of testosterone production. This does give her a significant athletic advantage against normal women. People can differ on whether or not she should be allowed to compete in women's events, but again, she shouldn't be the target of insults.

53 posted on 08/21/2016 2:08:15 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: FlingWingFlyer

From what I have heard, that isn’t the case with him. All I know is he has testes (undescended) but no ovaries or uterus. I would bet that he tests genetically as a male, but I haven’t heard any information on that.

I don’t think they should have let him compete against women, but I can’t find it in me to get on his case. Just my opinion.


54 posted on 08/21/2016 2:08:21 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: sphinx
Semenya has a very rare but naturally occurring genetic condition as a result of which she has a mix of male and female sexual attributes. This is not a personal choice. It is not a psychological condition. She was born with it. Previous generations would have called her a hermaphrodite. That term has gone out of usage for various high minded reasons, which may even be correct. Intersex seems to be the new preferred usage. I don't see any point in quibbling about the term. The point is, she doesn't deserve insults. She was born with the condition, which in her case includes internal testes and male levels of testosterone production. This does give her a significant athletic advantage against normal women. People can differ on whether or not she should be allowed to compete in women's events, but again, she shouldn't be the target of insults.

This covers the situation well. This isn't a case of Bruce Jenner putting on a dress and competing against the ladies.

55 posted on 08/21/2016 2:10:18 PM PDT by American Guesser
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To: Mr. Mojo

Essentially that is happening. The second best athletes will find it eminently sensible to decide to be women and compete in “womens” sports until there are no women left in competition.


56 posted on 08/21/2016 2:12:41 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: ilovesarah2012

I don’t think they should have let him compete against women, but like you, I feel sorry for that person.

I make it a rule never to pass judgement on someone because of how they were born. If someone puts tattoos all over their face, I am going to judge them on that. If someone who is black is acting like an idiot in conformance with the moronic “black culture” that requires they wear their pants halfway down their crack, a wifebeater on their torso, and a hat sideways with a flat brim, well, yeah. I judge them for that. If someone cuts their hair into a mohawk, I will judge them on that.

But if someone has physical features as a result of how they came into this world, then their physical appearance has no bearing on my estimation of them.

I do take some issue with this guy forcing the issue to allow him to compete against women, but that is about it.


57 posted on 08/21/2016 2:15:54 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Vaquero

It’s not like.

“Her” testes never dropped but she has an XY chromosome. Folks like her do well in female athletics because they have about a 5-6% boost over most other physical females because the testosterone.

It’s a rare condition but outwardly they have the plumbing of a woman.


58 posted on 08/21/2016 2:16:48 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: American Guesser

Exactly. Bruce Jenner and his enablers deserve all the ridicule anyone cares to heap on them, but not this guy.


59 posted on 08/21/2016 2:17:10 PM PDT by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: rlmorel

If Usain Bolt “self-identifies” as a woman, he’ll still be winning gold medals when he’s 55.


60 posted on 08/21/2016 2:20:11 PM PDT by littleharbour
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