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Poor Semenya

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RumNotRun · 28/03/2026 16:16

https://news.sky.com/story/if-women-must-stop-competing-so-be-it-semenyas-rallying-cry-over-olympics-transgender-athlete-ban-13525463

He's fighting for women's dignity apparently. The article says nothing about the children he's fathered, whilst being a woman of course.

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya shapes up for new battle with the IOC

The South African is encouraging a challenge against the landmark decision and calling on other athletes to join her in a class action.

https://news.sky.com/story/if-women-must-stop-competing-so-be-it-semenyas-rallying-cry-over-olympics-transgender-athlete-ban-13525463

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GingerBeverage · 02/04/2026 12:41

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Helleofabore · 02/04/2026 13:40

GingerBeverage · 02/04/2026 12:41

Nice lifestyle.

Blimey. No wonder Semenya is in defensive mode.

viques · 02/04/2026 16:02

SabrinaThwaite · 02/04/2026 10:54

There really aren’t enough eye rolls for this piece in Time magazine:

https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/caster-semenya-the-ioc-s-ruling-is-a-disgrace/

At least Semenya gets one thing right:

I hoped that our shared home continent would open her [Kirsty Coventry] eyes to the fact that this policy will disproportionately impact women from the global South.

Indeed it will - women will get the opportunities denied to them over the last couple of decades by the likes of Semenya, Wambui, Masilingi, Mboma, Niyonsaba etc.

Article published on April 1st. Great timing!

igelkott2026 · 02/04/2026 18:12

SabrinaThwaite · 29/03/2026 21:44

Another reason (so 2,500,001 reasons now) why Semenya keeps the grift going is to claim what an exceptional athlete he was.

Except he wasn’t.

His 2016 Rio 800m finals time (a ‘national record’) was 1:55.98.

Qualifying time for the Men’s 800m for Rio was 1:46.00.

Sebastian Coe ran 1:41.73 in 1981.

It makes me very happy thar Keely and Georgia have both run 800m faster than Semenya has. As has Odiri, who won the world championships in Tokyo last year. The whole podium ran faster. And Keely was coming back from injury and had a stomach bug!

I find it much easier to cheer on fast women than better than average, but not elite, men.

SabrinaThwaite · 02/04/2026 19:22

viques · 02/04/2026 16:02

Article published on April 1st. Great timing!

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If only they’d announced that Semenya was Woman of the Year at the same time.

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