female? -- concerns about a sprinter's gender

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

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

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

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

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

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"

Originally posted by BIGWAD
lol that is a jk right?

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

Dude looks like a lady.

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

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

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

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

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

You misspelt sphincter in the tread title 😕

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