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South African track star Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships...
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Track star's father outraged at hermaphrodite reports

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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Gender tests on running sensation Caster Semenya determined she has internal male sexual organs, Australian newspapers reported Friday, triggering new outrage from South Africa and her father...
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Race was never a factor in track star's gender query

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - Recent reports by the Daily Mail of London and the Sydney Morning Herald of Australia state that the test has revealed that Semenya "is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries." Some have argued that Semenya was the target of the investigation because she is black...
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South African track star is a hermaphrodite, report says

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SYDNEY (AP) -- World 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa has male and female sexual organs, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Friday, posing an ethical and political quandary for athletics' ruling body...
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