26 Aug 2009

Semenya may have medical condition that blurs gender

12:11 pm on 26 August 2009

The president of Athletics South Africa has resigned from the board of the sport's governing body in protest at the IAAF's treatment of 800 metre winner Caster Semenya.

Leonard Chew-in-yay says Semenya's not accused of trying to cheat but of perhaps unknowingly having a medical condition that blurs her gender, and says they aren't going to allow Europeans to describe and define South Africa's children.

Semenya was greeted by around a thousand flag-waving fans on her arrival at Johannesburg airport.