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Article: In runner's village, no doubts about her gender
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 21, 2009
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FAIRLIE, South Africa - She wore pants instead of a skirt to
school, played soccer with the boys and was teased about her
masculine looks.
Caster Semenya learned to ignore the taunts. She ran alone across
a landscape of high grasses dotted with rocky hills.
She came almost out of nowhere to win the world championship in
the 800 meters Wednesday in Berlin, far and away the fastest woman
on the track.
Or was she?
Her time of 1 minute, 55.45 seconds was more than 2 seconds ahead
of the second-place finisher, but now Semenya's gender is the
subject of an international investigation.
Even before Berlin, track officials were taking a closer look at
the 18-year-old runner, following her ...