Thursday 20 August 2009

The science of sport


The five sexes: why 'Male' & 'Female' are not enough.

A very interesting and informative blog post
here.
I feel very sorry for Caster Semenya and Athletics South Africa should have had this sorted out a long time ago, so this situation need never have arisen for an 18 year old girl.

2 comments:

  1. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-south-africa-runner21-2009aug21,0,5294672.story

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  2. http://www.n-tv.de/sport/leichtathletik-WM/Ex-Trainer-Das-Ergebnis-ist-klar-article470637.html

    says that she was gender tested (as non pure female) by the South African association before the championship, but sent there anyway.
    What bastards!!

    Couldn't find an English link for that (but I guess it will appear soon)

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