According to the Australian press, South African runner and 800m Women’s World Champion Caster Semenya does have male sex organs.
The subject of much prior speculation about her gender, reports say Semenya is missing internal female sex organs (ovaries and womb) and instead has internalized testes which are reported to produce large amounts of testosterone.
The track governing body (IAAF/International Association of Athletics Federation) didn’t confirm or deny the reports, saying it was reviewing the test results and would announce its findings in November.
Semanya was supposed to compete in the South African Cross Country Championships in Pretoria tomorrow, but withdrew today.
Christopher Meatto