female? -- concerns about a sprinter's gender

Traveling Again

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19 Aug 09 22:21

Traveling Again

I'm 1/4 Ninja

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19 Aug 09 22:21

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/19/sports/AP-ATH-Worlds-Gender-Test.html

Has anyone been following this? There seem to be surprisingly complicated matters as to how to
determine whether a person "meets requirements to compete as a woman."

edit: looks like it's being followed here too Thread 117983

Tychoo

F**k the EU, IMF,WB

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24 Aug 09 09:24

Poor girl.. sorry ... boy ...????

I think SA are going lodge some thing with the UN about this...

Seitse

Doug Stanhope

That's Why I Drink

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24 Aug 09 09:28

Man, the Eastern German female athletes in the 80s looked far more masculine than this chick... and nobody made a fuzz about it.

cadwah

¯\_(^.^)_/¯

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01 Sep 09 08:15

Originally posted by Traveling Again
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/19/sports/AP-ATH-Worlds-Gender-Test.html

Has anyone been following this? There seem to be surprisingly complicated matters as to how to
determine whether a person "meets requirements to compete as a woman."

edit: looks like it's being followed here too Thread 117983

Apparently the 'girls' mother was quoted as saying that "the investigation has come as a real kick in the balls to my daughter"

BIGWAD

bloody hell

feeding the chimps..

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01 Sep 09 09:27

Originally posted by cadwah
Apparently the 'girls' mother was quoted as saying that "the investigation has come as a real kick in the balls to my daughter"

lol that is a jk right?

Palynka

Upward Spiral

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01 Sep 09 10:08

Originally posted by BIGWAD
lol that is a jk right?

No.

Crowley

Not Aleister

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01 Sep 09 12:07

Shame, she/he/it is being used as apolitical pawn here now.

Dude looks like a lady.

spurs73

6yd box

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02 Sep 09 11:17

Sprinter? he/she is a 800m runner not a sprinter

phil3000

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02 Sep 09 18:56

Originally posted by spurs73
Sprinter? he/she is a 800m runner not a sprinter

If i woke up next to that , i would win the 800m no probs and thats with out my slippers on !!!😉😉

rmacken

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05 Sep 09 15:40

Originally posted by Traveling Again
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/19/sports/AP-ATH-Worlds-Gender-Test.html

Has anyone been following this? There seem to be surprisingly complicated matters as to how to
determine whether a person "meets requirements to compete as a woman."

edit: looks like it's being followed here too Thread 117983

Did you see this "person" running?

Ran like a bloke
Looked like a bloke
Talked like a bloke
Even had a "suspect package" is his/her shorts!

BUT passed the test and confirmed FEMALE!

Some SERIOUS ugly women in SA!! 😵

Traveling Again

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10 Sep 09 23:20

So (s)he's a hermaphrodite...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/semenya-has-no-womb-or-ovaries/story-e6frexni-1225771672245

Ice Cold

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11 Sep 09 00:23

You misspelt sphincter in the tread title 😕

darvlay

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11 Sep 09 14:33

Originally posted by Traveling Again
So (s)he's a hermaphrodite...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/semenya-has-no-womb-or-ovaries/story-e6frexni-1225771672245

This article cracks me up:

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=4464405

Suicide is mentioned twice by sympathetic interviewees.

Well, if sh-he wasn't thinking about it before....

😵