This is some fucked up repugnant shit!! I hope she has the support of her family, & is surrounded by people who love her. Now the media got what they were looking for, & the hunt is over.
This kid @ 18 has to deal w/a WORLD of emotional & physical burdens right
now b/c nobody wanted to just let her live.
The test proves she has no womb or ovaries, 3x more testosterone than a normal female, & internal testes.
WORLD athletics is in crisis with tests showing champion runner Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite – a person with both female and male sexual characteristics.
The tests, not yet publicly released, show the 18-year-old has no womb or ovaries.
The International Association of Athletics Federations is expected to disqualify the South African from future events and advise her to have surgery because her condition carries grave health risks, The Daily Telegraph reports.
And she could be stripped of the gold medal she won in Berlin in last month.
Semenya has three times more testosterone than a normal female.
A source closely involved with the IAAF tests said Semenya had internal testes – the male sexual organs which produce testosterone.
Testosterone is a male hormone with a primary task of building muscle bulk. It also produces body hair and a deep voice.
It is believed Semenya is unaware the tests identify her as an hermaphrodite.
Only the certainty of a savage backlash from South Africa has so far prevented the IAAF from banning Semenya and revoking her gold medal.
South Africa embraced the feisty teenager after the storm of controversy from Berlin, declaring her “Our girl”.
African National Congress MP and National Assembly sports committee chairman Butana Komphela has already lodged a complaint with the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, accusing the IAAF of racism and sexism.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source explained the political and personal sensitivities involved.
“There certainly is evidence Semenya is a hermaphrodite. But the trouble is the IAAF now have the whole ANC and the whole of South Africa on their backs. Everything is going to have to be done absolutely by the book, no question of a challenge to the findings.
“There’s all sorts of scans you do. This is why it’s complicated. In the past you used to do a gynaecological exam, blood test, chromosome test, whatever. That’s why they (the findings) were challenged, because it’s not quite so simple.
“So what they do now is they do everything, and then they can say, look – not only has she got this, she’s got that and the other.
“The problem for us is to avoid it being an issue now which is very personal – of the organs being a hermaphrodite, of not being a ‘real’ woman. It’s very dramatic.”
The IAAF expects to receive the full set of results this week.
When quizzed last week by magazine You, Semenya said: “I see it all as a joke, it doesn’t upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I’m proud of myself. I don’t want to talk about the tests. I’m not even thinking about them.”
While the IAAF is treating the Semenya case as a health matter, the same South African politicians who denied AIDS was a problem in their country are standing behind their queen of the athletics.
“Of course Caster is a totally innocent victim in this whole affair,” the source explained.
“What could she do about it? And the IAAF accepted her entry. So the two parties at fault are the IAAF and especially Athletics SA.” [SOURCE]
September 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM
fucked up, sick, disgusting.
September 10, 2009 at 8:39 PM
okay hmm…if she had no ovaries or womb, they didn’t already know this? like she never had a period, has a deep voice, looks manly and has a manish shape (as far as curves/hips/etc)…I think I would have been like “Well”. I don’t understand why physicals aren’t done for people who engage in “professional” sports anyway.
this is all very odd. I wish her the best tho
September 11, 2009 at 12:03 PM
To “d”….How ignorant & insesitive to say that. This is not something she “brought on” herself. She was born this way & I bet she’s never even heard of the condition. She’s going to need enormous understanding & support…
September 11, 2009 at 12:29 PM
It is sad that her personal status is being so publicly advertised, but is very good that these test were done, because more than likely she wasn’t even aware of her status and might have had her confused and frustrated for many years. I wish her all the best. “ONE LOVE” from Jamiaca the sprint capital of the world.
September 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM
ALL of this shit is happening because she won first place. Both parties had to have some sort of clue that she was Hermaphrodie or some sort… I hope people would understand that she is a human beings and she has feelings… her condition is very sad because as you can see, she is determine to be a regular young woman but because of her physical appearance and society she can’t …..
September 11, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I don’t care what test says what. I don’t care what category they put her into. I think that she is amazing and that this whole ordeal will only make her stronger. I look forward to seeing what she will do in the future and the hope that she might be giving others who are pointed out to be too different to compete. I send her my love and I send it out to all of you too. 🙂
September 11, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Hormones are tricky things, too much too little or none you are done. This world is very cold and cannot accept physical differences in people. Thank God she is strong willed, cause this isn’t over by a long shot. It took a century to accept gays/lesbianism, why can’t naturally multigendered people have the same rights? Why can’t people see that we are all humans on this planet regardless of how we look? I say nobody is perfect but God, so who are we to pass judgment?
September 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM
madealookalike you are pretty dumb. intersex people have the same rights as anybody else. note: the issue is not “too much hormones” but a chromosomal abnormality. it’s not “passing judgment” to make sure that a competition is fair. if semenya is not a woman, it’s not fair to compete with women. that’s what it’s about, airhead.
September 11, 2009 at 2:08 PM
I am so sorry Caster has to go through this i wish they had done it diffrently,without dragging her name all over the world. I send her my love. JAMACAN living in BERMUDA.
September 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM
I dont understand how people dont see the problem here. It is a very sad situation but i mean how did nobody see this comming! i mean with all the test done for steriods wouldnt a testosterone level 3 times the norm raise a flag? Not that she might be a man but she might be on PEDs. Either way i find it hard that her or his family didnt see some type of diffrence with their kid if shes a girl the y didnt she have a menstral cycle as a parent wouldnt you be concerned? Ultimitly the facts will come out and they will have to make a choice that one side will be upset. This all can be prevented with the proper sports physical and horomon tests to see if steriods or sex raises flags!
September 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM
to kate:
my comments are directed at the IAAF, caster’s handlers, and the other people around her who have allowed her private life to be turned into a circus side show. i wouldn’t wish this shit on anybody, much less on an 18 year old.
i apologize that that wasn’t clear. my anger has always been focused squarely on the way this situation was handled.
September 11, 2009 at 8:37 PM
THe amazing is: WHY THE IAAF OR JUDGES OF THE COMPETITIONS DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING BEFORE, WHY ALWAYS WAIT TILL SOMEONE HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO TAKE IT AWAY?????
I say let her the gold medall and let her be a woman. hormones is not gonna make her run faster.
costarican girl is with you.
September 14, 2009 at 12:28 AM
How come it’s okay for Lady Gaga to be a hermaphrodite but not Castor???
You know they should just leave her alone, she is only 18!!!!
September 16, 2009 at 10:32 PM
omg
What was the point in all of this? Are they going to strip her of her win now? This is horrifying.
September 28, 2009 at 6:17 PM
(s)he knew .the have always known..its a shame she alone will bear the consequences for now.18 years , no ovaries (no periods),masculine physique ,hoarse voice..
come on ,who is the fool?
Lets call a spade what it is..
She should have surgery for those testes before they cause more harm than the gold medal!!(undescended testes predisposes to testicular cancer)
September 29, 2009 at 2:47 AM
@BUCHY disagree on her ‘always knowing’. How can she know if she has a vagina?? Not having periods is normal for an athlete at this level.
October 5, 2011 at 6:22 PM
herpes on tongue…
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