Could Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi (top) out dance Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (above) as both men are known for celebratory dancing after victorious races (LOL)
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Monday, August 31, 2015
The 2015 IAAF Championship Games In Beijing Was Fantastic (Video)
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Usain Bolt And His Coach Glen Mills Honored By The IAAF
Usain Bolt
Christmas has come early for Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and his coach Glen Mills, as the IAAF honored both men, among others, in a ceremony
which took place in Barcelona, Spain. The two men expressed their
gratitude at being recipients of the prestigious international awards.
Glen Mills
Mills, coach to track stars Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir,
deservingly won a lifetime achievement award for his many years of hard work,
service and dedication in the field. Bolt won male Athlete of the Year for the
fourth time running, pardon the pun. Congrats to them and all the other winners.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Caster Semenya Withdraws From Race
Video: Semenya media reports slammed - ITN NEWS
Due to speculation about her gender, gold medalist, Caster Semenya, has withdrawn from competition, over a leaked report in the Sydney Morning Herald, alleging she is a hermaphrodite.
The 18-year-old female runner has been subjected to a maelstrom of criticism, regarding her athletic prowess, which many are attributing to male and female genetic factors.
It's sad that she has withdrawn, as she is a great athlete, but there is a legal angle in this controversy, which could create court case, after court case and a mountain of legal fees. This is undoubtedly a concern.
Cheer up, girl! You are still number one!
Caster Semenya Withdraws From Competition Amid Speculation
Published: September 11, 2009 - JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Caster Semenya, the world champion runner from South Africa, has withdrawn from a weekend race amid speculation about her sex.
The South African Press Association quoted her coach, Michael Seme, as saying Semenya would not take part in the 4,000 meters at the national cross country championships in Pretoria on Saturday. He had said earlier this week that Semenya would run.
Asked Friday why Semenya withdrew, Seme said she was “not feeling well.”...
Monday, September 14, 2009
Semenya's Sex Called Into Question Again
The Sydney Morning Herald published a report today, stating World Championship gold medalist Caster Semenya, is a hermaphrodite with external female genitalia, no womb or ovaries and internal male testes.
The report has not been confirmed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, but the news has to be very upsetting for the 18-year-old track star, who left her competition in the dust at the World Championships last month in Berlin, Germany.
She should not be stripped of her medal, as it does not appear to be a conscious decision to cheat and she has suffered enough. The IAAF previously stated she can keep her medal.
Secret of Semenya's sex stripped bare
September 11, 2009 - 12:17AM - THE world champion 800m runner Caster Semenya has been revealed to have male and female sexual organs, posing an ethical and political quandary for the sport's ruling body, the International Association of Athletics Federations, and her home nation, South Africa.
Extensive physical examinations of Semenya, who is just 18 and from a remote village in the country's far north, has shown the athlete is technically a hermaphrodite. Medical reports indicate she has no ovaries, but rather has internal male testes, which are producing large amounts of testosterone...
Late last night the IAAF was trying to contact the athlete to inform her of the results. After her domination of the world titles in Berlin last month, Semenya was given exhaustive blood and chromosome tests as well as a gynecological examination...
"This is a medical issue and not a doping issue where she was deliberately cheating," an IAAF spokesman, Nick Davies, told the Herald.
"These tests do not suggest any suspicion of deliberate misconduct but seek to assess the possibility of a potential medical condition which would give Semenya an unfair advantage over her competitors. There is no automatic disqualification of results in a case like this."...
Semenya Will Keep Gold Medal
South African runner, Caster Semenya, will be allowed to keep her gold medal from the 800 meter race she won last month at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Good for her.
A gender test was requested after initial tests caused alarm, due to the increased levels of testosterone in her system. If it is due to a genetic anomaly, she clearly did not cheat.
Semenya does have masculine features, but judging by pictures of her as a young girl, she has always been strapping and very toned.
Becoming an athlete at a young age served to bring out those features even more. Therefore, it does not appear she tried to cheat to win the race. She did also pass the steroids test.
Further investigation into her background revealed, she is a woman who has been scorned for most of her life, labeled too manly and for once, after causing her much heartbreak, it has worked in her favor.
Blacks from some parts of Africa tend to be more muscular and taller than other Africans. Even during the slave trade, slave masters noticed this fact (i.e. the Maroons in the Caribbean). Much like Vikings were often taller and more muscular than other Anglo-Saxons.
From clamour to glamour: Semenya sets the agenda of a real golden girl
September 9, 2009 - South Africa, has had a second significant victory after the IAAF confirmed yesterday that she would not be stripped of her gold medal whatever the results of her gender test.
Semenya, who won the title in Berlin last month, has also made a resounding statement about her femininity by posing for a glamour photoshoot in a glossy national magazine...
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Caster Semenya Receives Hero's Welcome
800 meter gold medalist, Caster Semenya, received a heroes welcome in South Africa today, after dismantling the competition at the Winnie Mandela hugging Caster Semenya Semenya won by such a wide margin that when she crossed the finish line, it appeared as though she was running the race by herself, as the other athletes were barely in the frame. It was an outstanding performance. Because she won the race by the widest margin of any athlete at the games, she has been met with significant suspicion in the press, due to reports her gender is in question. The IAAF ordered full gender tests, after a preliminary test discovered the levels of testosterone in Semenya's system, is three times greater than the average woman (that's still ten times less than Madonna). The additional tests will determine if a genetic anomaly created the elevated |
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Caster Semenya's Gender Questioned
South African sprinter, Caster Semenya, is facing massive scrutiny after winning the 800 meter run, at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
Caster has been forced to take a gender test, administered by a team of doctors, due to her very muscular appearance, pectorals, 6-pack/8-pack stomach, a visible Adams apple and slight bulge at the genital area. In an ironic twist, the first five letters of her name spell the word "semen."
Clearly, she passed the steroids tests, otherwise she would not have been allowed to participate. However, officials seek to determine if she is a man or a woman with genetic male traits that give her an unfair advantage.
Some in South Africa believe statements about her have been xenophobic and racist, because she is not an American.
Respectfully, as a Jamaican black woman, when I first saw her photo, I immediately realized what the controversy was about, as she does exhibit masculine traits and she also has a male swagger.
That statement is not meant to be insulting, but truthful. Not to mention, it has been reported, that even in South Africa, her teacher, bathroom attendants and others, for years have thought she was a man.
It maybe due to a genetic occurrence that caused her to posses both male and female characteristics, which strenuous workouts to build strength and stamina, have accentuated. Pilates would counter that to reduce confusion.
People are also asking questions, because in the past, two European men, who were white (only mentioning that due to the racial claims with Semenya) posed as women and won gold medals that were later revoked.
Women are considered the weaker sex and it really is not very competitive overall, to have men sprinting against women. Therefore, it is a very delicate subject, but it must be addressed in the interest of fairness.
Regardless of the outcome of the gender tests, which are expected in a few weeks, Semenya is an extraordinary athlete, who put on a fine performance. Congrats on your win, as it was very impressive.
Semenya humiliated, says SA athletics chief
Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:56pm GMT - BERLIN (Reuters) - The gender controversy surrounding South Africa's teenage 800 metres world champion Caster Semenya has been humiliating for her, the country's athletics chief said on Thursday.
Semenya's rapid improvement over the past year, in which she has shaved more than eight seconds off her personal best in the two-lap race, prompted the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to order a gender test.
"I will continue to defend the girl, I will continue to do anything, even if I am to be kicked out of Berlin, Germany, but I am not going to let that girl be humiliated in the manner that she was humiliated because she has not committed a crime whatsoever. Her crime was to be born the way she is born," said Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene.
"And now people are not happy, and on that basis she is isolated like a leper, like she has got a disease that will affect other people, and I don't think it's proper," he told Reuters Television.
Powerfully built but smooth running, the 18-year-old Semenya clocked one minute, 55.45 seconds for the year's fastest time and a personal best by more than a second to win gold in the 800 on Wednesday, hours after the IAAF said the procedure for gender testing had started...
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