Semenya Keeps Gold Medal
Caster Semenya will get to keep her gold medal in the 800-meter from this year's Track and Field World Championships in Berlin, says USA Today. The International Association of Athletics Federations ordered gender tests on the South African runner before the 800 final because of Semenya's muscular build and astonishing improvement in times. The South African Sports Ministry said today that Semenya will get to keep both her medal and prize money, and that the results of the gender tests will be kept confidential.
--Dave Costello
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Makes no sense to me. I can understand letting her keep these things because she's been put through a lot. (I call her "she" because I think it's the best label - "it" is demeaning and unnecessary.) But it wasn't a fair race, and she should not be acknowledged as the winner. She should be permitted to race in male races.
Flag ThisMakes no sense to me. I can understand letting her keep these things because she's been put through a lot. (I call her "she" because I think it's the best label - "it" is demeaning and unnecessary.) But it wasn't a fair race, and she should not be acknowledged as the winner. She should be permitted to race in male races.
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