A few days ago in the World Championships in Berlin, a new fun controversy arose. Yes, it had to do with a great time shattering moment. Yes, it involved an athlete sporting Yellow/Green track suit. Yes, the maker of that suit is German. Yes, it is a dude. No, it's not Usain Bolt. I am talking about Caster Semenya of South Africa. Actually, to be politically correct, he's a she, or she's a he; one of the two. Let me clarify: the 18-year-old South-African dropped a ridiculous amount of time off her 800m race, and easily won the gold medal at the games. The problem is, that instead of pointing at steriods, IAAF officials pointed towards a gender test. Why? well she kind of looks like a dude. In fact, she looks A LOT like a dude (pictured on the right). A few days ago I was reading the Yahoo! Sports blog that covers olympics sports and people tore her apart for her manly looks. To me, she might as well be a he. The only defense is that she is a really ugly woman, which is essentially what her family has been saying the past few days. Here is the bottom line: she went through the gender testing outlined by the IAAF and because it requires about 5 doctors for different medical categories, the results won't be back for a few weeks. Until then, we can wonder if it's a he or a she.Caster Semenya, a woman or man?
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