Semenya gender tests to be confidential (AP)

November 19, 2009 by Administrator · Leave a Comment 

South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday. The ministry also said in a statement that the International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed to allow the 18-year-old Semenya to keep her prize money.

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Reports: Runner has no ovaries or uterus (AP)

September 12, 2009 by Administrator · Leave a Comment 

South African sports officials met Saturday to decide how best to help a world champion runner whose sex has been questioned — and how to respond to the circus created by alleged leaks from the international track and field body. The International Association of Athletics Federations, which ordered sex tests on women's world 800-meter champion Caster Semenya, has refused to confirm or deny…

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Reports: Runner has no ovaries or uterus (AP)