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A master class in gaslighting on display from male athlete Caster Semenya, who just announced that he is considering running for president of World Athletics - a regulatory body which disqualified him from competing against women - because, as he says, the "worst part" is that sports are "regulated by men".
Semenya was one of three male athletes with DSDs (differences of sexual development) to cheat women out of a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics 800m. Not a single woman placed in that event in their own category.During a 20-minute interview with German outlet ARD this week, Semenya, who is a male with internal testes (46 XY 5-ARD) stated his support for male boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting.
He also made several outrageous statements, such as:
- Women who oppose his participation in female sports are just expressing an "opinion"
- Testosterone has no affect on his athletic performance
- Sports are never fair
- People should respect Semenya because he comes from an "enslaved continent"