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Family outraged at gender questions

Associated Press

Thursday, August 20, 2009

FAIRLIE, South Africa -- She wore pants instead of a skirt to school, played soccer with the boys and was teased about her masculine looks. Caster Semenya learned to ignore the taunts. She ran alone across a landscape of high grasses dotted with rocky hills. She came almost out of nowhere to win the world championship in the 800 meters Wednesday in Berlin, far and away the fastest woman on the track. Or was she? Her time of 1 minute, 55.45 seconds was more than 2 seconds ahead of the second ...

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