Just days after appearing on a magazine cover after a makeover, it’s rumored that Caster Semenya might be a hermaphrodite.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ordered gender tests for South African Caster Semenya, a muscular female runner who has masculine features and extraordinary physical ability for a female athlete. The Sun, and The Sydney Morning Herald are claiming that Semenya is a hermaphrodite. The male organs in question are a set of internal testes in lieu of a womb or ovaries. According to these reports, her external organs are presumably female.

She is listed as a female on her birth certificate and urine tests have also indicated that she’s a female, and IAAF is telling everyone to sit tight because the official results of her tests have not been released yet despite reports The Sun and The Sydney Morning Herald have not listed sources.

In July the young, unknown runner jumped onto the scene at the African Junior Championship, setting a record for the year by a second. People questioned her prowess, as well as her running style, which differed from the other female runners.

~ Carrie Glass

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