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Insight: When is a woman more like a man?

By Linda Geddes

26 August 2009

Update: Caster Semenya was given the all clear by the International Association of Athletics Federations last week to resume her career. The 19-year-old has not competed in 11 months following the debate over her gender that erupted during last year’s World Championships in Berlin.

OFFICIALLY, she is this year’s fastest woman over 800 metres, but now Caster Semenya faces a more gruelling test: to prove she is female.

The tall, muscular South African beat her nearest rival by a cool 2.45 seconds to take the gold medal at the athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany, last week, but the International…

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