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| SA fury over athlete gender test | SA fury over athlete gender test |
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| New 800m world champion Caster Semenya has been "humiliated" after being asked to take a gender test, says the head of South Africa's athletics body. | New 800m world champion Caster Semenya has been "humiliated" after being asked to take a gender test, says the head of South Africa's athletics body. |
| Leonard Chuene also said she had been treated like a "leper". | Leonard Chuene also said she had been treated like a "leper". |
| South Africa's ruling African National Congress earlier urged the country to rally round "our golden girl". | South Africa's ruling African National Congress earlier urged the country to rally round "our golden girl". |
| Her family has also insisted she is female. "I know she's a woman I raised her myself," the 18-year-old's grandmother said. | Her family has also insisted she is female. "I know she's a woman I raised her myself," the 18-year-old's grandmother said. |
| Her mother Dorcus Semenya told the Star newspaper that doubts about her daughter's gender were motivated by "jealousy". | Her mother Dorcus Semenya told the Star newspaper that doubts about her daughter's gender were motivated by "jealousy". |
| "If you go at my home village and ask any of my neighbours, they would tell you that Mokgadi [Caster Semenya] is a girl," she said. | "If you go at my home village and ask any of my neighbours, they would tell you that Mokgadi [Caster Semenya] is a girl," she said. |
| "They know because they helped raise her. People can say whatever they like but the truth will remain, which is that my child is a girl. I am not concerned about such things." | "They know because they helped raise her. People can say whatever they like but the truth will remain, which is that my child is a girl. I am not concerned about such things." |
| 'Masculine build' | 'Masculine build' |
| "I will continue to defend the girl," Mr Chuene, head of Athletics South Africa, told Reuters news agency. | "I will continue to defend the girl," Mr Chuene, head of Athletics South Africa, told Reuters news agency. |
| "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. | "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. |
| If the teasing hurt her, she kept the hurt to herself and didn't show what she was feeling Maphuthi Sekgala Caster Semenya's grandmother href="/2/hi/africa/8212835.stm">South Africa backs Semenya class="" href="/sport2/hi/athletics/8212078.stm">Semenya dismissive of gender row Testing times for SA champion | |
| "Her crime was to be born the way she is born." | "Her crime was to be born the way she is born." |
| In a statement, the African National Congress (ANC) condemned the speculation surrounding Ms Semenya, who won gold at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin on Wednesday, leaving her rivals trailing. | In a statement, the African National Congress (ANC) condemned the speculation surrounding Ms Semenya, who won gold at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin on Wednesday, leaving her rivals trailing. |
| "Such comments can only serve to portray women as being weak," the ANC said. | "Such comments can only serve to portray women as being weak," the ANC said. |
| "Caster is not the only woman athlete with a masculine build and the International Association of Athletics Federation should know better," the statement said. | "Caster is not the only woman athlete with a masculine build and the International Association of Athletics Federation should know better," the statement said. |
| In an interview with South Africa's Times newspaper, her 80-year-old grandmother Maphuthi Sekgala said Ms Semenya had been teased when younger for her boyish looks. | In an interview with South Africa's Times newspaper, her 80-year-old grandmother Maphuthi Sekgala said Ms Semenya had been teased when younger for her boyish looks. |
| She was also the only girl in the football team in Fairlie, a village in South Africa's northern Limpopo Province. | She was also the only girl in the football team in Fairlie, a village in South Africa's northern Limpopo Province. |
| "If the teasing hurt her, she kept the hurt to herself and didn't show what she was feeling," she said. | "If the teasing hurt her, she kept the hurt to herself and didn't show what she was feeling," she said. |
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