South Africa’s athletics boss Leonard Chuene has blasted Australian media reports alleging that world 800m champion Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite.
The 18-year-old made global headlines last month when questions were raised over her gender after she won gold in the two-lap race at the World Championships in Berlin – crossing the line in a personal best time, which was over two seconds clear of defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei.
‘The IAAF has issued a statement that said the case will come before the executive council in November where it will be decided,’ Chuene said.
‘They told us this week that the tests are inconclusive and they could not give us the results just yet. So I really do not know where the Australia media got this latest one from.’…..Read More
