https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/18/caster-semenya-i-am-a-woman-and-i-am-fast/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://www.mambaonline.com/2018/06/18/caster-semenya-i-am-a-woman-and-i-am-fast/#comment-1086998 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:30:51 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=84793#comment-1086998 “I am Mokgadi Caster Semenya. I am a woman and I am fast.” That says it all doesn’t it? Surely all excellent athletes are predisposed to succeed in their respective sports. I can’t run for sh!t but that’s because we have never been a very sporty family. Even with intensive training I’ll never compete. So this rule really smacks of arbitrariness and is patently discriminatory. There are also freakishly tall (excuse the expression – it’s to make a point) basketball players. Are they now supposed to cut 10cm off their shins to “level the playing field”? Go for it Caster – we’re behind you!!

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