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Latest Caster Semenya Race

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NotBadConsidering · 12/06/2019 08:24

www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/48603383

"I can run any event I want. It can be 100m, 200m, the long jump, heptathlon, you name it."

The double Olympic and three-time world champion added: "Even if I have to withdraw from the 800m, it doesn't matter no more, I think I have won everything I ever wanted.”

Tell me again why I should have sympathy for this person?

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endofthelinefinally · 12/06/2019 09:05

If an XY invididual who has gone through puberty competes against XX individuals, they are probably going to win any event they choose.

OhHolyJesus · 12/06/2019 09:05

Lets see CS in the boxing ring then or wrestle. Seeing as women's sport is dead no need to bother now is there?

All round athlete my arse.

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NotBadConsidering · 12/06/2019 09:01

She’s not an all round female athlete. Another typical 800m athlete, say Lynsey Sharp, would never claim to be able to race against Dina Asher-Smith in the 100m. If Caster thinks heptathlon, field events and other distances aren’t a problem, why wasn’t that path chosen earlier? The fact that she thinks it would be an easy transition says a great deal.

It’s the last statement that gets me the most TBH. “I’m alright Jack”. Those women who have missed out medals, financial rewards and sponsorship aren’t important obviously.

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JessicaWakefieldSV · 12/06/2019 08:55

You shouldn’t have any sympathy for them. I don’t.

endofthelinefinally · 12/06/2019 08:45

I am just grumbling to dh about this.
I am so fed up with the BBC reporting this week, and it is only Wednesday morning.
Angry

GassyAss · 12/06/2019 08:40

Yep, I’m all out of sympathy too. Now I know CS is XY, I just see someone taking financial rewards and medals away from female athletes.

Ringdonna · 12/06/2019 08:39

She is an all round athlete though.