Runners from South Africa to undergo a gender test

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So who is who, so who was who
we never know
Mad Genetics
of the gene and chromosome ..
Vladimir Vysotsky
  Custer Simon was born Jan. 7, 1991 in a small village near the town of Polokwane.

World champions in running the 800 meters women Custer Semen suspect that she - a male athlete. As a result, Sport Committee World Championships in Athletics taking place in Berlin, ordered the 18-year-old athlete undergo a gender test. The test results on sexual identity will be known only after two weeks.

Rumors of sex, Simon began to spread immediately after her arrival in Berlin to take part in the championship. According to some experts, physique, presence of facial hair and low voice of the runners, yet rather peculiar to men.

Semen may lose gold

Doubts about athletes having sex in the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), which even before the arrival of seed in Berlin demanded a gender test in South Africa. At the same time, IAAF spokesperson Nick Davies said that there was no evidence, in accordance with which it was impossible to allow an athlete to compete. "Currently we are waiting for test results. It would be wrong to abandon the vote" - he said.

"The study involved a gynecologist, internist, endocrinologist, an expert on sex determination and a psychiatrist. This is a very difficult test" - added Davis. Lenta.ru quoted IAAF general secretary Pierre Weiss, who said that if the inspection discloses that Simon is not a woman, it would deprive the gold medal at the world championship.

In South Africa of the IAAF called "racism"

Allegations that the South African athlete Caster seed which is obliged to undergo a gender test, not a woman and a man, the home of gymnasts harshly criticized. "It's like a terrible racism, but also reflects the mentality in which the dominant ideal of feminine beauty of the white race" - said on Thursday, August 20, representatives of youth organizations in the South African Communist Party.

Custer Simon was born Jan. 7, 1991 in a small village near the town of Polokwane. Currently, she is a student at the University of Pretoria. At the end of July 2009 Simon was among the best athletes of the world, beating his own record in the race by 8 seconds. At the World Championships in Athletics, which takes place this year in Berlin, she received a gold medal, setting a world record in running the 800 meters. This distance athlete ran in 1:55,45 minutes.

Descended to the fact that for the sake of winning, won the women are men, taking anabolics and vice versa men change their sex. Why make such sacrifices, surely a man's life worth so little that you can out of him to do anything?