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Gender test shock over shemale athlete

Published: 24 August, 2009, 17:39
Edited: 16 December, 2009, 18:48


South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in the women's 800m final race of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships on August 19, 2009 in Berlin (AFP Photo / Franck Fife)

According to the Daily Telegraph, the World Athletics Championships 800 metres gold medalist Caster Semenya of South Africa has failed to pass a gender test.

 
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