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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 15, 2009

Sex-Testing in Sports: An Uneasy Resolution

Professors Diane Klein and Dylan Malagrino conclude their article on Caster Semenya, a 2009 World Championship gold medalist.

By Diane Klein and Dylan Malagrino

Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old South African middle-distance runner whose victory at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin set off a storm of controversy, has forced the International Association of Athletics Federation, and sports-watchers worldwide, to wrestle again with tough questions of sex and gender in sport. Semenya's gold medal on Aug. 19, 2009 in the 800-meter women's final, set off a controversy about her eligibility to comp...

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