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Caster Semenya of South Africa

Athletic organization forces masculine women to take hormones

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FRUGIVORE - Ever since Caster Semenya, 21, made waves in South Africa by winning the 800-meter world championship, the idea that women with traditionally masculine characteristics were not feminine enough to compete...
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Sponsorless Semenya turns to Facebook campaign

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Even though Caster Semenya can run in major track meets now, she's wondering if she can afford to...
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Marion Jones's teammates can keep Olympic medals

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GENEVA (AP) - The court said the IOC and International Association of Athletics Federations rules in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete...
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South African track star ready for university exams

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A champion runner at the center of a gender controversy is set to take university final exams, her father said Friday, contradicting earlier reports she was too traumatized to study...
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