Caster Semenya officially cleared to compete! (ABOUT TIME!)
The International Association for Athletics Federations officially cleared 19-year-old South African runner Caster Semenya for competition in the women’s division.
After 11 months of “gender testing” the world champion runner’s clearance takes “immediate effect,” reports the Associated Press.
The test results will remain confidential and the matter of her gender will not be questioned again. She will begin her comeback in Europe before competing at the African championships in Kenya, which begin July 28.
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It just pisses me off that she had to go through this to begin with. Many athletes before her have had their careers threatened if not ruined over this. Even if she passed the invasive tests, it is beyond me how someone can be considered “cheating” with their gender. Maybe the problem is our concept of gender and the limitations of a male/female binary rather than Semenya’s athleticism and ‘masculine’ qualities.
