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South African runner Caster Semenya. (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
2016 OLYMPICS

Has gender verification made women’s athletics into a sordid masquerade?

Enforcing Caster’s Semenya’s "female" body just shows how tenuous the concept is

  • Athandiwe Saba
13 min read
“When it comes to situations like this, we athletes sometimes get to be scared of the challenge, because we think about what we’ve got to lose. Then we forget there’s a future,” said Caster Semenya. (AFP)
CASTER SEMENYA

#HandsOffCaster: South Africans spring to defence of the athletic superstar

The athlete is just days away from competing in the Rio Olympic Games’ 800m event and the controversy surrounding her continues to rumble.

  • Ofentse Mboweni
1 min read
ATHLETICS SOUTH AFRICA

Chuene runs wild

Athletics South Africa president says the reports have been personalised to get rid of him.

  • Phathisani Moyo
3 min read
CASTER SEMENYA

Semenya gender test ‘would be comprehensive’

An examination to verify the gender of champion sprinter Caster Semenya would involve multiple tests, a sports medicine doctor said on Thursday.

  • Kenichi Serino
3 min read