Bigger than Drugs - Sex test of Caster Semenya

Hello Fans of the Track,

If you watched the berlin championships then you would have realized that Caster Semenya, the 800 meteres champion from South Africa was different. She ran the fifth fastest of all times.

Well so what you would say; even Usain Bolt is different and if you were watching the finish line of the 800 meters for women and the 200 meters for men, the victory margin was similar. So why such a hullaboo about Caster Semenya.

Caster Semenya was accussed of not being 'woman'.

The gender test results are not yet officially declared but the leaks reveal that she has no ovaries and has got internal testes which is producing a large number of testosterone.

The runner underwent a gynecological examination, blood and chromosomes tests after her face domination in the world championship in Berlin last month. The family of Caster is now claiming that the gender test was done without permission and that they are contemplating legal action.

Gender testing for female athletes started after the blatant cheating of Nazi Germany in 1936, several former Communist bloc nations sending female athletes into competition with questionable external gender characteristics, and the East Germans feeding their female athletes with performance enhancing drugs for more than a decade.

The Caster Semenya case reminds fans of another 800m champion athlete and 2000 Olympic champion Maria Mutola of Mozambique was dogged throughout her illustrious decade long career by ‘that’s a man’ accusations despite passing test after test.

You have to feel for Semenya in this case. The case is attracting eyeballs, done in the most humiliatingly public way possible

Her future now rest on the results of the gender test and an IAAF Council meeting set to take place in Monaco November 20-21.

The case has resemblance to the story of Santhi Soundajaran of India, who went out of sight after her test showed similar results.

Till the offical version is out we are going to see a lot of speculation. However one thing in favor of Caster is that she never cheated. How can she help it if she is made that way.

Not like the drug cheats of a couple of decades back who came from behind the communist wall to create unbelievable records.

Don't you agree?

Best wishes,

Manoj