International Association of Athletics Federations
"Gender Verification in Sports:" We All Have a Stake in Caster Semenya's Medal
by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School
September 14, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
When South African athlete Caster Semenya won the 800 meter track competition last month in Berlin, some observers questioned Semenya’s “real” sex and she was forced to undergo testing.
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